The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

THE FORREST RIOTS.

Ia consequence of the treatment received by Mr.
Macready on the occasion of the former theatrical
riot (says our New York correspondent), and the an-
nouncement that he would not appear again in this
city, a number of influential persons, or persons who
at lea‘t esteem themselves to be such, addressed him
a card, calling on him to reappear, snaring him of
their determination to stand by him, and support
him in hie attempt. This announcement roused the
angry feelings of that portion of the public who
were opposed to him, and believed they had suc-
ceeded in driving him from the American stage.
Symptoms of disorder and discontent immediately
exhibited themselves, and to such an extent, that there
began to be fears of a dangerous disturbance. A
consultation took place at the mayor's office on
Thersiay, May 10, for the purpose of considering
what was beet to be done, and many respectable
citizens were present to aid him with their advice.
The lessees of the theatre insisted upon having the
house opened as usual, and claimed the protection of
the authorities. Mr. Macready is understood to
have desired the closing cf the theatre, but was over-
ruled.

At an early hour (we now quote the New York
Trieu'ffjo :1i Catmint was surrounded by a momently
increasing crowd of people, some of wuem were evi-
dently actuated by curiosity, many by sinister motives,
and some by an apparent sense of supervisory responsibility;
which last sigoalised their interest in the forthcoming events
of the evening by distributing tickets very freely among the
crowd. At nearly seven o'clock, a strong detachment of
police were marched into the amphitheatre entrance, and
immediately a placard was put up there, "All sold."
Meantime the police had gone in, in considerable force, be-
low. At the announced hour the doors were opened, and a
strong detachment of the police was found to be in possession
et a good point in every quarter of the house, above and
below. There were just seven ladies present, two oi whom
were in a private box, in the second tier.
The overture was played without nay demonstrations of
disorder. The witch scene was got through without
interruption; and when Clarke appeared, as Macduff,
he was greeted with very marked applause, by a small
squad in the psette, and a somewhat larger one in the
amphitheatre. lOn Mr. MacreaVe first entrance he was
greeted with tremendous applause. The house, it was appa-
reut, was in his favour, hundreds to one. But there were
groaning and hissing, and the party in the parquette directly
down to the orchestra was tremendously uproarious, doub-
ling their fists at Macready as he came forward, and bid-
ding him "be off! be off !" &c. &c. This was endured for
a long time' (we thought too long), and the first act was
nearly all dumb show.
At length, the uproar became perfectly frantic, and the
friends of order were requested from the stage to keep
quiet. This was observed ; and we then had an oppor-
tunity of estimating the numbers of the rioters. We should
set it down as no higher than a dozen, in the parquette,
and perhaps some forty to fifty in the amphitheatre. About
this time Mr. Matsell appeared in front of the boxes, and
ordered the police, who had been marking their men, to take
them out (rem below ; and his order was obeyed to the let-
ter. His men did their duty valiantly, and they were taken
out, carried down stairs, and put under a strong guard.
Meantime the clamour continued above, and very soon the
recorder appeared in the parquette, with his staff of office,
accompanied by the chief of police, and called on Captain
Cunningham, who had command in the amphitheatre, to
take out those who were disturbing the house. This was
done, and the rioters were carried below, and put with their
companions, amidst the plaudits of the audience.
As it grew dark (the curtain was raised at half-past seven)
the crowd outside, comprising thousands of perscns, rioters
and lookers on, increased immensely, in Astor place (on the
south-west), and in Eighth-street Om the north-east of the
theatre). Just about the time when the gallery loafers were
ejected, there commenced a perfect bombardment of the
house from the outside. Stones were thrown against the win-
dows (which were carefully barricaded inside), and there
wan one hour of almost uninterrupted smashing of glass, ac-
companied by the most frantic yells of the mob outside.
Some of the stones (and, at times, a volley of them appeared
to be thrown together) broke down the barricades in places,,
and came in among the audience, causing several of them to
leave their seats very precipitately. One stone hit the great
glees chandelier, and caused a good deal of scattering.
But through all this the play went on, and with a compara-
tive possibility of hearing it. Nobody on the stage appeared
is the least 'lamed, though many of the missiles were fall-
ing on the stage, from the outside, very much, by this time.
Mr. Macready, particularly, preserved his equanimity ad-
mirably. We have never men the fifth act of " Macoeth "
so splendidly and perfectly performed.
From time to tame there were pauses in the uproar from
outride, and intermissions in the assault of stones. This in
fact was, at about nine o'clock, entirely stopped on the
Eighth-street side. The insiders, as it turned out, truly
attributed this to the action of the military, which was sur-
rounding the theatre in force. The rioters were evidently
checked in their outragth upon the house for a time; so
that the closing scenes in the tragedy were distinctly heard
and appreciated. Mr. Macready never acted better. Ile
was called out, and bowed his acknowledgments of the warm
plaudits which greeted him en his appearance. About this
time there was a renewal of the din outside, and just as the
curtain rose for the farce two members of the national guard
were brought into the boxes, badly hurt by stones frotn the
mob, and medical attendance was demanded for them, which
luckily was at hand.
At this instant the report of a volley of musketry was
heard, and almost instantly another, and another. The first
appeared to be the report of a few pieces, the second of many
more, and the third of a full company. A pause ensued :
several of the rioters were dragged into the box manna) be-
low, and put among the rest, under a strong guard. In fact,
this had been doing by the police throughout the evening.
The rowdies taken from the inside of the theatre during
the play, and who were under guard of the police in the bar-
room below, in their rage set fire to the ;dice, which b'szed
up alarmingly, but was extinguished by the officers. This
was directly under the parquette.
But now a more dismal sight appeared ; a dead rnan, stiff
and stark, with a bullet wound on his cheek bone, the lead
having penetrated the brain : another, badly wounded,
hut evidently belonging to the front ranks of the misguided
disturbers of the peace, also was observed. One was carried
to the hospital, the other was laid out in one of the offices
below, where some of his acquaintances recognised him as a
man by the name of Phil Mansfield.
The curtain fell upon the 11LP-finished farce. Just at this
moment (some quarter of an heur after the first round of
trollies) a second was commenced, and proved fatal to several,
as we learned. The first round had been fired at the com-
mand of the sheriff, after proclamation to' the crowd to dis-
perse, as we toe assured. The mayor ordered the second
discharge, the mob having pressed upon the military dan-
gerously after the first volley. The first volley was fired in
Astor-place, the infantry having their rear to the theatre, a
little on the left oblique. The second was fired directly
down the same street. This discharge, we grieve to say.
proved fatal to a men who was in the act of getting into the
car on the railsoad, and who was shot dead by a chance
bullet that struck him in the breast. We bear of some other
such accidents, but cannot vouch for their truth.
Mr. Macready left the theatre and reached his hotel,
nearly opposite, in perfect safety, accompanied by two or
three of his friends., gentlemen of oar city.
Some hundred or more rioters were taken and confined en
the lobby below; some others were carried to station-houses.
Among the captures was that of Judson, editor of Ned Bunt-
line's Own, who was found giving the word to a portion of
the mob to fire (stones) when he should say the word.
The mob, having been broken up, retired sullenly in
squads, and threatening to arm and return. Gen. Sandford,
the commander of the Ist Artillery division, to make
all safe, sent to the arsenal for a detachment of
artillery, which promptly arrived, under Col. Yates; and
the field-pieces loaded with canister and grape, were placed
on each Ede of theatre.
We left the scene at midnight. The wounded guards
were bivouacking on the velvet benches of the boxes. The
lobbies were guarded by the police. The infantry, who had
behaved nobly all the evening, were supporting the position
of the newly-arrived artillery, on the east and west of the
theatre.

Another reporter (who was not in the theatre) banishes
us with the following

OUT-DOOR SCENES.
The great effort on Astor-place was to break in the doors.
The principal persons busy in staving in the panels were
thoughtless youngsters of shout eighteen ; but in the back-
ground were men applauding, crying "Go it," occasionally
cheering, and damning Joha Bull, &c. These orators took
particular care to keep themselves out of harm's way, by
pushing on the boys to do the dangerous work.
At 9 o'clock, the tr.iop of horse marched through Astor-
place, from Broadway, amid the groans of some 150 or 200
loafers and youngsters, and the silence of thousands of
lookers-on. The mob kept quiet otherwise at this time.
The military dispersed the groups about the doorr, but a
soon as they were gone the work of smashing the windows
was resumed. Two-thirds, if not more, of the windows in
Astor-place were smashed in by stones of all sizes. When
there was a great smash, there was a great cheer.
At about half-past 9 o'clock the troop of horse and a
portion of the regiment of National Guards marched through
Astor-place again. This time stones were thrown at them,
which hit several persona in the crowd who were merely
looking on. The groans were redoubled. As soon as the
military passed, the mob resumed the business of throwing
stones and breaking windows with renewed vigour. The
stones were generally so small that it was difficult to discover
whence they came, but some of them were large enough to
masks the windows and sashes ring.
Soon after ten o'clock the doors of the theatre were opened
and the audience began to come out. In Astor-place a file
of infantry with fixed bayonets, were stationed, it may be for
securing egress, or it may be to protect the building, which
was in imminent danger, there being furious cries of " Tear
it down '" " Fire it! burn the damned den of the aristo-
cracy," &c. ; " Groans for Macready !" " Cheers for Edwin
Forrest," &e. An orator near us cried—" You can't go in
there without kid gloves on. I paid for a ticket, and they
would not let me in, because I hadn't kid gloves and a white
vest, dam em!" Another—" I luxuriate in the scene.

Hurrah ! I will have nothing to do with b
out
but I luxuriate en the scene. ' Brickbats ands ones began-
to be fired freely at the soldiers, some with so muds violence as to strike fire frets their bluets. Tug
soldiery endured it with commendable refines. At
length our attention was suddenly attracted by the bright
flashes and loud reports of the fire-arms. We bend no wany
lag—there may have been one that could not be heard in
the noise of the crowd, but a ter eight or ten volleys were
let MI about our heads, and we thought it sou nothing but
blank cartridges, we began with the rest of the crowd to
laugh at the Aans fire of the soldiers. The stones began to
fly thicker and thicker at the soldiers—and thinking we had
by this time discharged our duty as a rei.orter, we beat
retreat.
It turned out however that this was not a sham fire. Soot
after we had turned the corner of Astor Plue,up Broadway,
we saw brought put us a man bleeding profusely from the
head, seemingly in the agonies of death. His boots ovet.
spread his trousers, and he bad the air and look of a man
who had been very particular to make his toilette as rowdy
as possible. He was carried sadly and mortally wousded in
the upper part of his skull, to Chilton's drug store.,
corner of Eighth-street, where he expired without being
able to give his name. Nobody knew:who he we;
when he was carried dead to the station house about 11
o'clock. The mob yelled and howled after him in mingled
consternation, and amid cries of " Revenge."
Soon after another person was carried along Broadway to
, the same place. A mob of youngsters yelled sod howled ales
' after him. This person, before he d.ed, gave his came es
Brown, Crosby-street, and anon after expired, mildly
wounded through the body. Three others were wounded
by the volleys we have spoken of, one through the calf or
the leg, another through the lower part of the leg, tug
another we could not learn where. All three were carried
to the :hospitaL They were youngsters, and seemed to be
firemen.

The excitement of the crowd became Intense, but then
was no more mob. The orators that had got up this
work of mischief and death slunk away to safe pima.
.r 4 ----•••••.....hed wenn the atrocity of killing America% ...- a•
citizens for English scion. The window-breaking boys
saw it wag no longer " fun." There were cries of
"Let us have a public meeting." That was a tons
American Yankee idea, and sounded so like home; bat
nobody knew anybody to make a chairman of, that anybody
knew. There were cries of "Let us burn down the damned
building," but there were sneering responses of "Go
ahead with the torch yourself." The sight of blood
had restored peace and re-enthroned reflection, Al
sorts of stories were afloat, "A hundred men were
killed " in one plaes—" A poor, innocent boy, twelve
years old," was reputed wounded in another. Criss
of "Who did it ?" " Let us murder the soldiers."
Counter cries, "Go a-head and do it." " Three cheers for
Forrest." . These soldiers are our brothers." " Why,
' then, did they fire on us?" About this time, a soldier la
uniform, with his musket, left the ranks and walked through
the mob on his way home. The mob beset him, laughing
and yelling, " Lick him," " Take his gun," " Save him as
he served others." We thought one time they would teat
him to pieces, but he wu protected! by others, who said
" He has but done his duty, what all of us may be ma
pelted as citizen soldiers to do."
The military force called in consisted of a trcop of hosts
and a body of 210 infantry, all belonging to the voluatea
militia of the city. The horsemen were first tried, bat failing
to disperse the rear b, the foot came noon the ground; Ma
crowd was ro great that a charge of bayonets was impossible.
The magistratea and commanding officers, judging that there
was no alternative, the order to fire was given. With two
of three volleys the mob was scattered ; some fifteen persass
were killed on the spot and about u many more have shun
died; several were also wounded more or less severely,
but will probably recover. On the two nights follower'
apprehensions were entertain, d of a renewal of the
riot for the purpesa of destroying the Opera Home,
but as a strong force was on the spot no attempu
were made. Mr. Marready pawed out through the crowd
after the play, need at once left the city. lie is now in
Boston, where he will remain till the next steamer, when
he leaves for England.
This disgrac:ful and tragical affair hay elicited the strong
condemnation of the press in all parts of the country. It is
thought that the prompt euppresrion cf the riot by the
citizen soldiery will tend to prevent similar outbreaks is
future.
Oar own correspondent adds :
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The next day large crowds assembled to witness
the scene of the riot, and to trace the affects of the
firing. Very curious remarks were mole by the
spectators, according to the views taken by them of
the occurrence. Same denounced the ali►:r as a
wholesale murder, others rejoiced over the defeat of
the mob. During the day extensive preparations
were made by the authorities to prevent a recut race
of the disorders, as it was announced that the theatre
was, if possible, to he destroyed in tho course
of the night. About two thousand men were
under arms, and strong (1, tachments moved
to the scene of exprc:cd operations just before
dark. The adjoining streets and open places
were cleared of the masses who bad again assembled
there, and every means was taken to prevent a sur-
prise. During the night the military were again ab-
seiled, and somewhat injured by repeated Tallies of
stores. They prepared themselves to fire, when the
mob dispersed and no more was seen of them. On
Sunday the troops were kept in readiness all day,
but nothing occurred to make their services necessary.
The next morning alter the affray, at an early Lour,
Mr. Macready left the city in disguise, and pace cied
to Boston, where at the last accounts he was at the
house of a friend.

The fashionable and refined classes of Amer:cane
have never patronised Mr. Forrest. In but a very few
leading families has he been received; and this, per-
haps, much from the fact that theatrical people are
rarely found in good American society, as a prejudice
exists against the profession.
The mayor of New York issued a proclamation on
the 12th, calling on the citizens to preserve the
peace.
An inquest was held on the bodies of fifteen persons
killed, and the jury returned a verdict—" That they
came to their deaths by gun-shot wounds from balls
fired by the military by order of the civil authorities
of the city, and that the circumstance. existing at the
time justified the authorities in giving such order to
fire.

Sr. DOMINGO.—From St. Domingo we have data
to April 27. The Haytiens having encamped within a short
distance of St. Domingo city, were attacked by their oppo-
nents by means of poison thrown into a atream whose water
they drank. This did them great harm, and afterwards
being assailed with arms, they were defeated and lot may
prisoners, Soulluque, their leader, narrowly escaping cap-
ture. The general of the Dominicans proclaims his deter-
mination to give no quarter, and wo may expect to sce the
war pursued with a savage fury proper to the tribes of the
same race in Africa.

ENCOUNTER WITH A TICEIL—The following ex-
traordinary tiger story is from the Graham's Town Journal.
The adventure is said to have taken place on the 25th of
March last : " Mr. Charles Orpea hes just returned from the
interior, after having had a most narrow escape from death in
an encounter with a tiger that had been wounded. The furious
animal leaped upon him, struck his gun and whip out of his
hand. with the first blow of his paws, and wounded his head
very severely with his teeth in several places. All the
wounds on his head are on the scalp, except a severe one on
his right temple, leaving a large scar, and a alight one on the
forehead, just above the nose. The fl raw of blood from these
wounds prevented his seeing, as it ran into his eyes; but
nevertheless he continued to grapple with the arimal, and
finally to throw it down and kneel upon it. During this
struggle Mr. Orpen endeavoured is seize the tiger by the
throat, but not succeeding in this he grasped it by the under-
jaw. Thus situated he continued for about half an hour
struggling with the animal until at length, gradually relax-
ing its hold, it sank down and died from loss of blood. At
the tame moment Mr. 0., unable to hold up any longer, fell
fainting upon the savage beast. His hands and arms were
shockingly mutilated—there being thirty-three wounds on
one and twenty-five on the other. Many of the wounds are
down to and even into the bone. Some quite through the
hand, and across veins, arteries, and nerves. Besides other
wands he was scratched in numerous places by the animal's
claws, and his clsthea were nearly torn from his back. The
head and skin of the tiger have been preserved, measuring
nine feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. Mr. 0. was
laid up for two months and a half, often fainting from weak-
Dees. His wounds frequently bled afresh, the blood being so
thin as to be almost colourless. At the time of this encounter,
Mr. Clamming (his travelling companion) lay ill of fever in
his waggon. He had however with him few Raffia, with
&maple, one Hottentot with a gun and two dogs. The latter
were useless, merely spring'ng about and yelping, while the
Kali; throwing away their assegais, ran off at once. The
Hottentot leaped into the river close by, and in a fright fired
off his gun in the air. Mr. 0. suffered greatly by the jolting
of the waggon and the want of proper medical assistance.
He is now gradually recovering, though it ft feared he will
recover the proper use of has left hand."
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NIANSLAUGIITER BY A QUACK.—On Saturday an
inquest was held upon the body of Ann Flannigan, a young
woman, who had died from a poisonous medicine ad-
ministered to her by an Irish quack doctor the previous
week. She had ter some months laboured under a scrofulous
sore on her hand, about half an tech square, but which did
not prevent her from following her usual occupation. Hear-
, ing of this quack, she applied to him, when he promised
her a speedy cure of the hand, and ordered her to procure a
bottle of tar water. Having put a powder into it, he ordered
her to take a wine-glass full fasting every morning. She
took the first dose on Saturday morning, the 12th inst., and
In less than three minutes she was a corpse. The gss liquor
found in the bottle has been partially analy:ed by Mr.
Greenwood, surgeon, who believes it to contain impure sub-
carbonate of ammonia in large quantities, naptba. or oil of
tar, sad sulphurate of hydrogen in large quantities. He
also thought it very probable that it contained prussic acid,
the effects produced by the testa applied warranting that
conclusion. The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned
a verdict of " Manslatigl.ter " against Francis Daly, alias
Murphy, who is described as a man about five feet six
inches, and a hawker of brushes, but occasionally practising
quackery. The police are making active inquiries in orthr,
if possible, to ascertain his whereabouts.—Wake, field Journal.

THE COURT.

0111tORNt, MONDAY, MAT 28.—The Queen and his
Royal itighness took their usual walk in the park this
1101"85:
TN nine* of Wales sad Prineass Royal and Me younger
branches of the royal family walked sad rude in the grounds
of o.borne.
Torre rue no 'dentin' M the royal diaper party.
The Rev. .1. Prothares performed the service sad prowled
Offee• IS WhiffiehllMl Church yesterday morning.
The ease sad the Peals awl the ladies and gentlemen of
be royal letsseheill Masada the servile.
ea Jaws Clark left Osborne yesterday for Landon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, left town at hall past nine o'clock
;My morning for her residence, Programs house,
ai a
rd. Rev Royal Wihnms returned to Clarances-heats,
St. loam's, in the afternoon.
Their Royal Highne saes the Duke and Duchess of
Casbeiar. end Ow Priories Hamad the Hereditary Grand
Thaiv d Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelits, arrived
at Cambridge-home, Piccadilly, yesterday afternoon' from
zoo. The Dashes* of Cambridge and the lienditaryGrand
Dalmatia Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Streik: MAMA her
Rees' Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester/-
bents, after their arrival.
His Royal Highness Prince George attended
Ever ettnee, c• Sunday, in the Chapel Royal, St. Jones's.
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colanial-ollieo, tel the GOVITZKIe of the Mauritius.

°PIRA COMIQUB, Bt. James's Theatre, was last
'miss &graded by the Turkish Ambareador sad ,it., the
Duke of D.vonetline, the Duchess of Leeds, the Marchioness
of Doe/nails, the Countess of Lichfield, this Marquis of
Demo, the Count and L‘dy Cecil de la Feld, the Ent of
Pertarlieptaa, Viscount Clifcbro, Sir Job' Lyster Kaye,
Lady Q•teatie, Lady Jodrell, Mrs. Camelia, sad party, Sir
Diary lieu.

BONIEST 01 PLATS.—On Sunday morning, daring
the shines of the hail, at church, tko house of M. Malt
yaw, wider, of the late Alderman Musgrave, in Park.
L.eds, was emend by means of fess keys, nerd
febMa of frost 70 to 110 pieces of slim plate, comprisiog
forks, table and tendpoons, silo., besides 23 sovereigns, which
the thit fogad en ransackiag drawen sad with which
they t clam off. A person who lives in the neighbourhood
adssentd two was eater the house, one having his bat off,
and the Muer a glove is his hand, and a woman was also ob-
Weed patrolling in trait for rune time. fa the course of
the day two sea, who gave their names Ws. Bunts cad
Bealamin Woolley, and a woman eallieg herself Mary Lucas,
were apprehended is a pubic-house, on suipkion of being
the rally puttee. Buns at first said that the woman was
Ads win ; bet she herself said that she was the wife of Wm.
Lacs., and that she had left Liverpool by the 8 o'clock train
that mining, in starch of her husband, who, she had heard,
was at Leeds, but she did not know what time she arrived.
On seenttlag her 34 son., 12s. in silver, a gold watch, and a
molly amend ring were found, bat no trace of the stolen
Ferny. They won ytaterday esamined before the Leeds
maglessees, whoa a police= on said he bad 'i.e all the threr
together beim and after the time of the robbery= Sunday.
They wore, la essaiiqunce, remanded for further esami-
amiss.
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APPREHENSION or BCROLAH9. —On Saturday
Watt last, m Mr. Benjamin Gill, stonemason, was return-
fag home with Mrs Gill to his residence in Caakerwell•lne,
Ueda, he uh.e reed a string* man leave his premises, when'
he thought tit to follow, but had not gone ter before tht
Run, weal that he was tricked, leapt a wall and began to
ran. tolioeial by Mr. (Sill, and was even colly arrested in
his pr gee's. ire gave his name Henry Peaks, from Hull,
sad wee eventually conveyed to prison. Whilst this was
going on Mrs. Gill approached her dwelling, and, to her
surprise, m+ a man triniu.:h the window in the house.
As the house had been lock:d up safely early in the even-
fag an alarm was gives, and the door was held to prevent
the sun ese..Pat till • watchman arrived, when the man,
who gave him acne William Kaye, was taken Our, custody.
Wino sake 1 what he was doing there, he said that he had
invited by a man to go in and take a glees of wine. He was
likewise conveyed to prison. In the roost when IC,ye was
bond thee wee also found a bundle of wearing appara
%baiting to Mr. and Mn. Gill, which had evidently bras
pecked up for the purpose of being conveyed away. Danny
the prink of Peaks • noise was heard. ae of tits falling of •
bush of kis, and, on searching along the route he ha
take's, a couple of picklocks were found, u well es a put of
makings, which bad been taken from Mr. 01:1's h^use.
Yestarhy the two men were es trained before the Leeds
magtstra•es, by whom they ware committed for trial for the
karglery.

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LORD BROCOBAM IN LLD.—There is a story cur-
rent that sdms short time since a whole army of ' Lord
Brougham.," (negated is lead and of colorant proportiono,
disembarked in the United Sates, and were drawn up on •
public go w la two lints, resembling an avenue of Egyptian
'tattles. The Custom-house officers were lost in wondi rat
the sight of to many giants turning up their noses at Brother
Joasa, and inquired what the monster importation
meant. " Statues of lord Brougham," replied the skipper;
one for every city in the UISIAI being the gift of his lord-
ship's Boglish admirers tr the American ft. public." Lead,
as each, is •uttj. et to a hem import duty, but " works of
art" are admitted free. What child the officers of Customs
do ? They did not swallow the skipper's story, but they
could not detain his suinv s; and in a .'tort time Loru
Brou7t;sra wail in the soelting•pot, and "cast into bullets for
the Mesicare."—Builder.
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SAVI‘Os BANKS AND EMIORATION.-.—NOlwith-
stinding the present depilated state of the country, it i•
not •li tle eratitying to learn that on Tuesday th• Mat
man 1,0001. were deposited in the Lincoln Ssvings•
Beak, Mildly by farmers' servants. There were bklwise
6601. drawn out as the um • day ; and it is a carious face
fiat Oat of the latter elm no less than 4001. were drawn
eat by putks on the point of smigtating.—BirmingAsin
Gristle,

Da?AMINO or COLO.—Wednesday week, a young
man, f comely an inhabitant of Nottingham, but who has
re, enely resided in Lincolnshire, menespenied by an elderly
man, 0.114 on Mr. Winter, the Duke of Newcastle's agent,
and shawrel him a note he had obtained from the duke'.
etewani, uieirg tint permiuion to dig in a certain plus in
the c %tie yard, where tae man, in accordance with the
dream twice repeated, was to dad a very valuable " crock
o'goeill." On Friday morning the dreamer borrowed the
acceptor, tools, and, attended by his companion, went to the
place. He then took a his coat, and went to work with the
seal of a Californian emigrant, cheered with the grave tapes
Winn of fin line a treasure that would make him a rich sue
fat the net of his life. Hard at work he continued in the'
Vicky sandy sal foe upwards of an hour without the slightest
anceeee.nothing bearing any resemblance to the wished-for
" creek" having met his gut. When he had due all over
the 'pat he was ((iced to admit the truth of the old saying,
that " dreams go by contraries," and sa he and his com-
panioa diacatoolately left the place. The signs of ibis in
gutty may be seen by sae one i awing the Coeds yard on the
Toed to L•nton.—\ottiaghnes Jorrnat.

BEATING A CIIILD TO I)CATII.—A labouring 111411,
=mei Hulloway, lirlog in Kinaland-place, Southampton,
has been tsk•a up for h•atina his child (a boy about ten
years all to death, on Saturday last. The b I had been
guilty o!some very tang offence, and his father best him
with a ercser buckle and strap, and kicked him until he
died. When the poor ehiil was dead, the brute trot the
body to the hack of the house and planed water on it, in the
h•pe of bringing it to life again. The man is a drunken,
bad character, and has been in the habit of using his wife
and child very cruelly.

THE DERBT.—The real? t of this race, which eft
sites such intend In the provinces as well as the metropolis,
was telegrephed yesterday 'furnace with wonderful rapidity.
The rue, which, es will be seen, was wan by Flying Dun's-
nee, is announced te be ran at half past two ; immediate),
the result is despatched en the wi-p of nuaseraus carrier
trained for the purpose (then Wog no telegraph
tier: nu n Epsom and London). Par the smog a cloud of
Sow menengerhirds is seen, sad immediately each this air
like a shot la the direction of its home. the goal of OMB
being SUM the Channel. Those destined for LsnOin sped
the digest'm penal' within hell an hour, and from the
ilestrie Telptruide the intelligence was momentarily
transaitted aver the greater part of the kingdom. The re-
melt of the nee was ressived re eznety at kaltpar. three.
Thus, within the hour, the ram was nut (sad it frigaently
ism not eammencs till tea or armee minutes after the
time dated) tit win pi,coa remind Ps message, dew
with it to Londow. the mysterious agency of the telegraph
conveyed it here, and we are now enabled to announce it to
our 'advs.—Cabanas' Mercury.
HOODLUM, Till 110118E-SWINMER or LINCOLN-
Br tan.—Sona months ago, it will be remembered. we gave
in oar supplants: a wiry interesting noolust of Richard
isociles,, .1 farmer alk tha U..olarliru mat, having eased
the lives of wand ofilpwrscked peening by acts of almost
=Tara Wed daring. The aecoutit was copied from Cham-
bers' ./.irr,ed. A few dap sin Noodles allot upon us with
lb. intirrnatioa that the British and Forelpi Bailors' Society
had presented Na., through Meson. W. and R. Chambers,
with a 101. sate, as • mark of their espealal sotianatiJa at his
brave philanthropy. Biec the account we copied from
Chseekre' Jesroesl was inserted, we understand noodles,
bee beta inairmaitatal in saving several more livis.—Huil
Parket.
Tao DeNdOW FlREs.—The lab Ares, whisk have
caused as peat a satiation in the pbes, have hum marked
with lot.e as iszlnanlinary a rose& From strinadomaso
that hem tamspind there appear Is, he Pep de m minds
101•110 'lift. et lay rat. as regards the ens en the pled=
of IS,. Cate*. et the Base's's Read lan, that the nifbee
was aJt of the tonal class of ineendiarii•—•4l en saw
pined end half ranted labourer or amallasia.sball
one of 'b• fine employed for the preened= ef sole asrdaL
other off tees against the lase via , a polies ellese. Oa Tans-
day Co .rte. Drake, one of the musty emlabidairri wr sr
praier.ded, gad, after an cianainatio• balm the Rev. H. L.
Ideleaula, die ms, was remanded for farther hearing.—
Less Piper.
DEsTRCCTIVB FIRE AT TRORVIRTON.—It is with
deep r last we sleet that the farm hopes and a considerable
part of the extensive out-buillinp at Chapel Bt. Martin, in
W pr'sh of Thcrvertan, the of that entr tprising
serekol•ueist and cyder enerehoPt= Thomas Kingdos, has
bees d's r ire() by firs, which broke oat about eight o'clock
ea the Licht of Friday last. The dimes spread with a fear-
ful rat id iv, extending to the adjacent thatched build ings And
thence n the dwelling house, which with many owbuild-
bp snit much valuable property, is destroyed, a peace' only
of the fu niter. being save.), an.l much of this more or lea
dune, :. The origin of this destructive tire is not known.
—tiseter flying Peet

FINANCIAL AND
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

MEETING AT LUTON.
A esineeees public =Min et the newly-farmed
'Mai (B*disidl) RAM ASINIMIMII• wee held on Friday
erselag tat at the Town Hall of LONA Then were about
400 people present, amen whom were most of the leading
men of this thriving little town. Mr. C. H. Lsyrurous, of
WheatharomMeng. _mowing Mg distr.
The CHAIRMAN awned to the report published by
the amen of the ll Parliamentary and Finansial
'Hallam Asseeineismi= been read to the meeting by
*LSI. maim obi swain to the Lutes misty, and emigre-
tithing Melodeons apes Oa step taken is their neighboar-
bed omnivores treanas greet same. Ashes', many femme
Ors went, he wadi rewind Ulna that Mrs permanent
isms me wan irlhaelably bored up in Use objects of this
aredellem (Haar, bear) There were two distinct objects
BOUM le adifillll4l.l MOW ani *Send ft-
MP% adveseri WOE aresiatien_ ; and, on the other hand,
the amt mil era Amble deelebtes pcoponded the other
dots the HeR el Commenm (Hear, Wm.) The chair-
men then went on to eminent oo the heinousness
dm attempt upon American independence, and of the ab-
surdity and injustice of our long straggle with Franco in
Use hopeless am to establish an impossible legit. The
*airman nest mewled to point out the programf direct
to indirect taxation, from real property, to ankles of con-
sumption, whereby an Immense increase of oar annual ex.
meditate had oreinei. (Rear.) He then came to speak
elthe only seraitatienel remedy for this cult—vin., a better
re preeestatiom of the people in tile House of Commons. He
resaladed doss that Ml -measures of improvement and eco-
nomy mad be sealed in that hones. (Hear.) He eon-
Veiled theater/air of electors in five of the smallest bo-
wl* thee of five of the largest constituencies, sad
Nat, as no proportion or harmony existed in the
regemmatalles of the wows of the people, the voice of the
kw marlhomeies was nentralised by the less Independent
emelltmonsies of the emmllee boroughs. (" Hear and
elossee.) He would take tie important manufacturin4 town
of Lee" and inquire what share it possessed in the
repeematneion of the country, except the small
fusels, of influence is the county election it
WOO it was notorious that the thriving and im-
pa of Lutes was at present as completely minted
from having a voice in the legislature, as if it was a mere
tenth-rate village. (Hear.) Now, unless they were wining
to wait fur a new reform bill, which might give two 11.P.'s
fin their borough, he conjured them to qualify for their
own, and also for the adjoining counties, to look to the re-
gistratioo, and to emu the energies of their fellow towns.
men to this good work. (Cheers.) This he believed to be
the only coostitutional means of obtaiaing financial reform,
and promoting the prosperity of their town, and the welfare
of their beloved montry. (Chum)
Mr LINWOOD, of the Metimplitan Parliamentary and
Financial Ream Association, and who attended to detail
We views of the council of that society, then addressed the
meeting, and was warmly applauded throughout.
The talowisg rescautton was then pat and unanimously
Ivied to. Moved by Mr. JAMBI WALLIIi (an eminent
sannoilieturee of Luton). secinded by Kr. J. MCIER, and
"le=by Mr. Joan Ergairr,
believing the Hones of Commits does not at
primal represent the nand and industry of the country, and
Mae** unequal add exorbitant burdens imposed by the
Fsystem of taxation may be regarded as effects of class
Were, this meeting is of opinion that suet an extension
the franshise as will entre a full and felt representation
of the people In the Commons House of parliament is nines-
any, both for the vinditation of justice and the attainment
N economy in the regulation of the public ezpenditure."
Mr. E. L. BRICKWOOD, one of the solicitors of the Beds
Conservailve As, teiatioct, rore and nqursted permission t.,
offer a few observations. He agreed with the preceding
speakers in thinking there wu a necessity for financial re-
6rm, and that when government had involved itself in debt,
it was precisely similar to an individual being in • state of
bankruptcy, and this he seriously discountenanced ; their
movement was a legit one, and be was not at all disposed
to °ppm it: he was, on the contrary, in favour
of a --trenchatent in the national expenditure, but
- would be - for an reform also-

he thought it . a policy .
ciations to discountenance the expression of harsh
epithets to parties who might disagree with them in senti-
ment, as such a cour,e would have • prejudicial tendency,
and he strongly suggested to tbc Metropolitan Reform ARS(/-
' (dation is particular the sxj:ediency of condemning such pt
endings.
The second resolution was moved by Mr. BOSTEMB, of
Hampstead, sad seconded by Mr. IV. Winn's, and carried
unanimously:
" That this ins• sting very cordially sympathises with the
Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Associa-
tion, and pledges itself to co-operate with its council in
their efforts on behalf of progressive reform."
Votes of thanks were then paned to the chairman and to
Mr. Linwood, and the meeting separated.
It is under tows that Luton has taken np the county qua-
lification movement very heartily, and purposes such mea-
sures as will give it a potential voice in the county e:ecticn.