The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

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WINDiOn, TCEBDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert walked this moraine on the eastern-terrace and
slopes. Their R R. H.H. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Hirai, and the Prince.' Alice took walkiug
and pony esereise to-day. H.R. 11. the Prioress Helena
was also taken so airing. In the aPer.loon, her Majesty and
Priam Albert rode out in a pony phaeton and pair, the
?net* driving. Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour attended on
horseback, The royal dinner party at the Cutlo this even-
jag is expected to include 1a.5.11. Prince Lowcast,in, Vie
sunt snd Voc.iuntesa Emlyn, the lion. and Very Rev. the
Dean of Wholsor, and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville,
sad Celonel
the Duke of Cambridge visited the Royal
Hospital at Chelsea, on M.nday.

The Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki re-
surasl to toss vestenlay, after a short sojourn at Brighton.
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, transacted
Winos yesterday at the Foreign-eflice.
The Commiwioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday at the Tha-
w,. There were present, Lord Langdale (Master of the
the Governor of the Book of Eogland, and the De-
pan.Governor. Mr. Higbam, Secretary anal Comptroller.
Osiers!, attended. and Mr. William Russell, Aceountant-
General to the Court of Chancery, was also in uttentl.ince.
[The result will be found under the head of " Money
Market.")
Mr. Thiselton had an interview with Lord John
Re ell yesterday, at his official naidencc in Dawning-
CNC.
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) was
tyr
Sa yes
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at
groollands, Hants, on Monday. from town. The noble
Vismunt proceeds to Windsor Castle to-day on a visit to
the Queen.

Daswpio Roosts.—The Gazette of last evening
coetains a notification that her Majesty will hold a
Drawing.room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, leith
April, and one on Thursday, 27th May next, to cas-
trate her Majesty's birth-day. The knights of the
several orders are to appear in their collars, at the Drawing.
tom on the 27th of May. The other regulations are as fol-
lows:—The ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's
Drawing.raorns, are requested to being with them two large
cants with their names legibly written thereon, one to be
left with the Queen's page in attendance in the presence-
'lumber, and the other to he delivered to the Lord Cham-
berlain, who w.ll announce the name to her Majesty. And
Awe ladies, who are to be presented on Thursday the 15th
eiApril, arc hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that
their names, together with the Humes of the ladies who are
le present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's
am, before twelve o'clock on Monday the 12th of April, in
ceder that they may be submitted for the Queen's ap2roba-
ties ; it being her 11.]eaty'a command that no presentation
Intl take place sakes the name of the lady presenting, to-
gether with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on
die card to be delivered to the Lard Chamberlain, which
sores shall correspond with those previously mint in to the
Lard Chamberlain's office. It is particularly requested that
is every case written cards only be delive red.

ST. STIEPREm's, WALBBOOK.—ALDERMAN GIBBS.—
A meeting of the ratepayers of the above parish Lek
place yesterday for the election of churchwardens and
other parochial officers. The Rev. Mr. Croly, the rector,
took the chair. Mr. Reck, one of the churchwardene,
congratulated his fellow ratepayers on the improved
upect of affairs. The Court of Co ninon Pleas lad
decided that Mr. Alderman Gibbs had unduly exercised
the rights of churchwarden, the custom by which
he claimed to be elected being at an end. The receipts,
mounting to 2,0001., had not yet keen paid in, although
Yr. Alderman Gibbs had been unable to prove his claim of
1,8001. against the parish. Mr. Flight maid that on the
15th of last month, demand was made upon him
for 1,7891. ID. Ed. as expenses of the poor, and to
hi no small astonishment he fiuni it signed "Michael
Gibbs." There was much complaint am to the letting of
wish
property at one-third its value, and even that had not
duly collected. Me-ers. Rock and Flight were
usaimously re elected as churchwardens for the ensuing
year. The Rev. Dr. Croly referred, at some length, to the
audition of the pariah cher.h, which, he said, was utterly
mat for the pr rfonnanee of divine service, the cold obliging
=my persona to leave in the middle of service. The p.uash
are indebted 110 guineas to the organiA (a poor
umaa), and 2731. to the sextons. For four pears ho had
ant received a shilling of the stipand due to ham for his loc-
tareship. He thought the day of select vestries woo over,
sad he hoped the ratepayers would assert and maintain their
/MUG m.diage their parochial affairs. A vote of thinks to
the chairman c e.i.d the meeting.
"Tice Ertl OF EUROPE" AND TTIE PARISH OF
STIPNEr.-A p'acard has been forwarded to this office call-
log a muting of the parishioners of Stepney in reference to
a recent election of chnrchwarden• It contains the fol-
lowing amusing specimen of grandiloquence in the thun-
derbolt school of electioneer ing literature
Men of lism.ney I -If you are worthy of the name, es,cmble in your
Mounds at the apanieted time. and express in a Aviv of thunder
per
_dranninernn to soslat tit re who arc mule and wdling to come
lismard Is your Waif, or rernhin, so sou will deserve to be, the lase
dews of one of Pe s Hest factions that ever disgraced the annals of
PletebisieffSrs!
The writers of this powerful appeal must assuredly have
paned it under a full conviction that the " Eyes of Europe"
an fully turned upon the parish of Stepney.
THE . Posy-OFFICE DIRECTORY " AND THE
Pesuc Starmrre. - Sir - Notwithstanding the decision
that has been come to respecting this work, a desperate
attempt it being made to retain the services of the letter
carriers on the Directory. And, in order to gain this point,
some either circulated extensively this morning, amongst
the men, the following notices :
we, the andrrogned General Post Letter Carriers, In cossequence
eta meet statement of the Right llonourAlile the Chancellor of the
Ischsaute, tied it our dots on our own behalf, who hone been for
son is the seriiiie, as well as On behalf of :he junior kner•earriers
of the establiahment, to call the attention of all to a Memorial,
l (ti:,,.% /deemed to the Posamoter.General, praying ttact the
Post less el.-curler s may stlll he allowed the pi'. .11cxest
Wehaw hitherto enjoyed in collodion with the rest-oSiee
'''7. or Compensation may be granted for the logs which wil:
be sustai,xl by tic m, should the sew be taken away. N.B. -Such
manorial will remain Ix the office for signature during the present
week nod sit pe, das taterested are earnestly rerruemted to !COW no
Br" .sisliniog the maw . -Fool, Layfield, Haste, Posichu, Law-
rence, Watcou, Holdltch, rooter, Sargeank P. Johnson, Duet-
te, a. Fox, Lloyd, Bradley, Carpenter, Pearson, Farley, Blake, Pea-
sant, John Biller, Ilsown.
This purports to be the emanation of the persons whose
names are attached to it (he the way a more curiously
aped document has seldom a,,peareel) ; but the initiative
was given by one of the assistant-imp-clout. Acting upon
the cue than given, a few who hove profited by their con-
nexion with this work, have taken upon themselves
to draw up the above memorial ; and, considering the
influence which Mr. Kelly pos-ieeses over the destinies of the
men, many more will be indeed to sign it, although detest-
ing at In their hearts.-The idea of these men asking for
rompemation is preposterous. Compensation for what ?
For being deprived of the power of misappropriating the
nine which ought to ho devoted to the puldie service! They
misty never exp.ct the government to compensate them. It
never employed them, nor reciived any profit from their
kiwi?. If they want compensation, Mr. Kelly is the man
to whom they should apply, not the government. Heartily
did thegreat majority of the I. tterearrien rejoice when the
decision of the Chancellor of the Excheipaer was made
hoax!, and sorry will they be if it is restanded.-I. D. U.
m-Airil 6, 1817.
(While on this subject we may notice a alight error into
which a former correspondent led us. Tice letter of " A
Railway Messenger and Letter-carrier," published on the
3lst alt., coo reed a notice, raid to have been stuck up at
the Pinto ice on the Bth October, 18411, relative to official
oramunicallons with Mr. If ill. Oa inquiry, we learn
that this document win not exactly that rsirridid, but was
,bade tap of two notices, stuck up at different times.-
in D. :c.]
THE erase or CoLoun.—The tyranny exercised
Over Permits of colour in the " land of liberty " extenrie, it
weld sum, to this side the Atlantic, As an instance of this,
Kr. W. Shortt, of Dublin, has furnished the Liverpool Mir- !
fory with I curious statement relating to Mr. Douglass, a
Would gentleoitin who has, during thelaat year and a half,
iwiwireturing in this' country against the slavery existing in '
itte United States :
_Oethe 4th of March Lot, Mr. !buglers, in company with G. Mon-
"m sobs of the Halt of Commerce, London, called upon Mr. Fords
Witte the Cunard Steam Ship Company, in London, to take his I
tants en hoard the Cambria, to Pail the 4th of April from Livemool;
„...11.0Vilmaagairid if • eamad dais passage could be obtained; he
fe.Ts awered no, as all distinctions were atelblied. Fir.. 1h0g1.... 1
tid 401. 10., and received a ticket entitling him to berth
na bawd the Qunbria. At the same dine Mr. Dinclass
w. 'he arm at his eau would prove any barrier to
....__-"lhofing all the rights ' and privil s of tee other
gW,,e'l. Re IMr. Ford) add no. tie thought: nothing :yore of ,
,_!etter mall the 3rd Mat., when, In aimlessly with I.OlDe Mend., !
Foe hoard the Cambria with his loge go, and found, to his.
_ _ fed netittestion, that hi, ti,rth had been given to another,l
biZnlthe retti.ae rat le Loud to had acted withoroluotr
,rilbty.
ilronst to the captain, who in co'inlrierry withrwed .►
blr.-Iphithrlantur; went
I/. i.
_. M:lirr, the agent. This gentleman declared that Mr. Doug.
eftirel ant Itn on board the Canthria nolos he agreed to take his
ii, ~..,,-.Y.. and no,. to sic with the Wows pmeempre, mad to give
woo fa which he had paid. Being Unrest legal remedy,

and arloillos to Teton to the MOW State.—hia Igigatto no bawd,
and all his Image: lento Othenrin complele —he had to yield to the
pro.eriptioas of his ;Ntrateutora, and to accede to whatever taros they
tierP.Soudldaa oonmeneed his voyage a solitary, it would
se.s, amidst a cr.wd.

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'MELANCHOLY END OF TWO GC.IIDeMEN.—A
melauchely accident occurred on Mon-lay evening to two
privates belonging to the Coldstream guards. One of them
read been married on the same for moon at the military
chapel, and proceeded on hoard one of the Greenwich boats
in company with his bride and equally unfortunate but
heroic corneal.. It appears that the tirst-mentioned, on the
boat passing Itotherhithe, by some unlucky chance, Humbled
b..ekwArds and fell into use river. Ile sank almost Mime
diately, and was I.4en no more. The secoad soldier, per-
ceiving the accideid, !lunged into tt.e water; but so far
from succeeding in the noble effort to save his comrade's
life, lost his own.
ACCIDENT IN THE ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK.—
Yesterday noraine, between uine and ten o'clock, an
accident of e • ity &miens nature occurred in the St. Kathe-
rine's Dock fns two labourer, named John Hayes and John
English. The men were e.auged, with several other la-
bourers, on bard the Mary Barrington, from China, lying
off A warehouse, In discharg.ne thc cargo, while a number of
riggers were employed aloft iu lowering the yard-arm, when
the tackle gave way, and the vartharm fell ea to th • middle
of the deck and crack dawn the two men, whu were reu-
dered insensible. They were immediately conveyed on
littsrs to the tendon hospital. Upon examination it was
found that Enelish's right foot was crushed in n moat fright-
ful manner. He remains in the hospital in • very precarious
state. Hayes also sutained serious Mimics, and his left leg
was fractured, bat L : is likely to recover.
Tllll CoNFLAt•RATION AT IItRERNIA WHARF.—
Yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Payne, the city coreeer, and a
respectable jury, assembled at the Bridge House Hotel, Lou.
don Bridge, for the purpose of ic pairing into the circum-
stances connected the recent conflagration that occurred
at Hibernia Wharf, Montague Close, the property of Mr.
Alderman Ilumphe,y, M.P.—Mr. Monroe was the first
witness examined. Ile said he was the foreman of Hibernia
Wharf, and in the employ of Alderman Ilumphery. Ile
left the premises for the las: time at 20 minut.s past 2 o'clock
on Sunday morning. He was the last persoa in the ware-
house. tie hail been working with five other men on the
wharf till that hour. in landing and shipping geode of a
general character. Niben he left l:e lacked up the premises,
and carried the keys home with him. The warehouse
was lighted with three gas burners, and it was wit-
ness's duty to extinguish the lights before he left,
which he did. The last gaslight he put out was in the
counting-house, where he lighted a candle and on getting
tJ. the d tor he pinchr I the sniff and placed the candle out-
side of the building. The msn on the wharf were not allowed
to 'smoke, and they never did so. The goods on the pre-
mises were of a gene al description there were in one part
about 200 pockets of naps, in another part there was a quan-
tity of Tees and a few bales of shoddy. A juror here ex-
plained that shoddy was a dressing of Yorkshire cloth, and
the most dangerous article that could he placed in any
building. It was of en oily nature, and the least quantity
of water caused it to imite. He (the juror) had been obliged
himself to throw me e into the Thames on several occasions.
After some immaterial evidence, Thos. Brooks, a foreman at
Hay's Wharf, said that he bad loaded as different times
many • ton of shoddy, but had never had an accident with
any.—A Juror: Bat you turn it over, do you not, whilst it
is in the warehouses ? Witness answered in the affirmative,
and explained that it was done to prevent its over.heating.
--Wm. Wilkinson, sub-engineer at the Southwark.bridge
road station, said that shortly after his arrival, on one of the
shutters being burned away, he saw that the gas pipe had
melted, and the gas was burning, which could not have been 1
the case it the gas had been turned off at the main. He
found the wrench on the main, but the pipe was so rusty
that it could not be turned. It had evidently not been
turned off that night.—Monroe, upon being re-called, admitted ,
that he might have neg'ected to turn the main cock off —Other
witnesses having bee.' examined, and the Coroner haying
summed up the evidence, the jury consulted and returned
the following verdict: " That there is not sufficient evidence
to enable them (the jivers) to decide how the fire originated,
but, in their opinion, there is every probability that it arose
from the spontaneous combu tion of some bales of waste or
shoddy."
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY. SUDDEN DEATH OF A
POLICE-SEROEANT. Before Mr. Bedford, at the Red
Lion, Princes-street, Westminster, on the body of
Thomas Powell, ag, d thirty-fire, a police-sergeant of
the A division of Metropolitan police, whose death oc-
curred while he was on duty. About half-past two o'clock on
Monday morning last, deceased was on duty apparently
in his mend good h alth, when a cab drove away from
Wright's coffee-house, Charing-cress, in which were four
men mad a woman, wb . were creating a great uproar. Be-
- ceased spoke to them sbe quiet, but they took no heed of
him; and, continuing 'is disturbance, the cabman drove off
towards Whitehall. I, messed ran after the cab, calling to
the driver to atop, whi he did opposite the Horse Guard...,
and the deceased then appreached the vehicle for the pur-
pose, as was supposed, • f taking the number, when, without
uttering a word, he fel. neck on to the ground as if seat.—
' Police-constable Eve, .1. 47, who had kauwed, on eonsing
up, found dec-a.sed in a state of total insensibility, and
took him in the cab to Westminster Hospital, where he
was pronounced to be dead.—Mr. Tebay, house-surgeon of
the hospital, said that there were no external marks of in-
jury on deceased's beds, but, on making a post mortrm ex-
amination, he found •an enlargement and long-standing
diseaso of the heart, and he had no doubt that the
exertion of running had, in consequence of that dis-
ease, occasioned deatle Verdict, " Natural death."—
FATAL Emcees OF I •TINLECILANCE.—Before Mr. Baker,
at the Two Brewers, 'll hitecross-street. St. Luke'., on the
baly of Eliza Blower, of No. 1, Whitecross-court. The
deceased was much add cted to drinking. On Friday night
last she was in a dreadful state of intoxication, drinhiug with
her husband in the tap...som of the Two Brewers. She re-
mained there for some t .ue, until two females succeeded in
taking her home. On tce following morning she was dis-
covered quite dead. Mr. Powell, a surgeon, wes
called in end prone-aced life to have been ex-
tinct tome hour'. He attributed death to apoplexy from
excessive drinking. A verdict was returned accordingly.
ANOTHER SUITE:MI DT Tax ACCIDENT AT THE
CAMDEN-TOWN RAILWAY BTATION.—Before Mr. Mills,
at the University Coilege Hospital, on William Ed-
wards, a carpenter. a Ito was one of the four work-
men that were buried beneath the ruins of Messrs.
l'ickford's vaults that recently fell in. Evidence given at
the former inquest respecting the accident and its supposed
I cause, having been reFated, the house surgeon stated that
the deceased's left thigh, fibula, and ankle, were fractured,
that his right thigh was crushed, that the upper portion of
his person was bruised, and that he was doing well until
suppuration and erysipelas set in, which resulted in his
death. The other two men were recovering. Verdict,
" Accidental death." At the close of the inquest the jury
contributed a handsome sum towards the relief of the
widow and three orphan children of deceased, who have
been reduced to destitution by his death.