The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-23 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

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ALLEGED OUTRAGE 13Y A CATHOLIC PRIEST AT
MANCHESTER—On Thursday, the Rev. John Rigby, •
Roman catholic priest, residing at Halifax, Yorkshire, was
brought before the magistrates at the Manchester Borough-
court, charged under the following
to
circumstances :—Mrs.
Holmes, a _young married lady, residing in Sckactitet,
Cheatham, stated that about six weeks age the prisoner met
her in one of the public streets, and after behaving rudely by
staring at her, he followed her home, and remained about
the house two hours, puling and reposing the front, and
considerably annoying her by his impertinent watching at
the windows. She had occuion during the time to go to the
front door, and he passed her, smiled, and said, " Good
morning." She did not answer him, but turned into the
pmage and closed the door. She saw nothing more of him
till Wednesday morning last, when she was sitting at her
front parlour window and perceived him coming across the
strut. Fearing she was again going to be subjected
to the annoyance she had formerly experiseced from
him, she was retreating to the back pert of the
keine, when just as she entered the pimp!, she found
the prisoner had opened the front door, which
he rimed atter him, and bolding op his forefinger to her, be
said, " Whist! are you alone t" She was much surprised
end terrified, but managed to call the servant girl to tell her
to fetch a policeman. Upon that the prisoner &aniped, but
the girl pursued him for more than half a mile, sad
up to him near the Manchester Exchange, collared lira
gave him in charge to a policeman. There had been some
attempt by his friends to husk up the matter : but her hus-
band declined to listen to it —Mr. Gibson, the town clerk of
Salford, appeared for the prisoner and did not deny the
Lams, hat stated that the prisoner hid been labouring under
an aberratien of intellect, and if the magistrates would admit
him to bail, his friends would take such are of him as would
prevent a recurrence of such annoyances in future. lie was
required to and two sureties in 601. to keep the peace for 12
mouths, entering into his own recogniaances of 1001., and
this bail being immediately forthcoming, the partite left the
Wart.

COUDISOION BY THE LORD LIZTJTENANT.—P. F.
Durham, Fag., to be captain in the let regiment of West
York Militia.

NORTH DERBYSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—
The thirtieth annual meeting of this association was held on
Wednesday last, at the Bansor Inn, Chatsworth-park, adja-
cent to the mantles of the Duke of Devonshire. There
was a very large attemisme from Sheffield, Chesterfield,
Balmwell, and tits serremding country, many' having gone
in expsetatisa of eintwi on the show ground the Doke of
Cambeidge, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devon-
shire, Dohs of Beaufort, and other noble and distin•
Mimassonges who were on a .isitto Chatsworth-house.
tisiespestation, however, was not realised, the illustrious
takes leave of his Grace the Duke of
pmeiling day. The show of stack and
barissume wee of fret-rate character. In the for-
mer deportment there were semi splendid animals
:=lmisto the Duke of Devonshire, who, moon-
Lard lagegern spent a hog time M-
oues Wresting intones of the enhibition.
Zs= Vela*. Mont LSI geadetawn. prinelpally members
of the amselathe, dined toostiter of the-14mm under
the mildew el Thomsen, Nat., ot Chesterfield, the
by the Hm. 0. Cavendigh, M.P.,
attrglakllawes,ls4. "After dims come th usual round
of toasts. Amenpt ethers the residente
prOpossd " The
health of her Matesty's ministers, in reply to which, Mr.
Mame said : There never was a goveneat before which,
within two man, had such greatdifoalase to le with.
It had to contend in some degree with mhtoided disaffection
at home ; it had to contend with famine din and tearful in
one part of the United Kingdom ; it had to meet the severest
commercial distress the: ever in the commercial history of the
country had visited it ; and, at the same time, to put en such
a front to the rest of the world, which was in convulsions, as
would convince them that constitutional government here
was the best safeguard of liberty, as it had proved
to be —for England was tranquil when the very
world, to Its Menet limits, was convulsed. Thu
I can tell you, Won, great colony—the greatest, per-
haps, held by the British crown—it so Aced that there
constitutional government had been eke and minis-
Nn directed its sffairs according to the majority of its as-
sembled representatime ; sad though the news of the French
revolution was received in Canada at atlas when many
Eitwould have produced great eseitement, the whole'
and agitatlm of that revolution pissed over
leaving scarcely a trace of it in its course. There
was but one salted haltus these, of attachment to that go-
vernor who had governed Canada according to the wishes of
the people, and of Madman to that crown who gave them
so good a governor.
PRKBROXZEURT.
001DIUMION DT THE LORD LIZUTRNANT.—N. A.