The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

Two Menonstremi EARLY CLOSING SOIREE, OIL Thurs-
day night, did not prove to be so brilliant an affair as was
expected. There was a large and highly respectable com-
pany at the Free-trade Hall, but the peers and right honour-
ables, announced in "confident hope " for weeks previously,
did not attend. Berl Dmie, who had given a promise to
take the chair, wrote at the 44 moment to my that indis-
position kept him away. The earns excuse was urged by the
Archbishop of Dublin, and the letter of Sir Robert Peel
turned out to he a cruel forgery practised upon the meocia-
tion. Mr. Charles Swain, the poet, took the chair under
these eirosimstanow, and the principal speakers were Dr.
Reid and Mr. S. C. ZTd. The proceedings pawed off very
creditably, though commenced under such di advantages.
Tae *Nouns or LANCASTER SANDS.—On Sunday
last, these sands, which have proved fatal to many an in-
caution, and adventurous traveller, were within an ace of be-
coming the theatre of a wholesale catastrophe. On the
arrival, shortly before three o'clock in the afternoon, of one
of the Ulverstone coaches from Lancaster, at the river Beer,
which empties itself into Morecambe Bay, a short distance
from Kant's Bank, and is the first stream of any magnitude to
be forded, Croskill, the guide, could not be found. Anxious
to avoid de/ay, the driver, W. Fleming, attempted to ones,
• but feeling the sends give way beneath his horses' feet, was
compelled to tarn back. The driver then made
• second attempt. a little lower down, but with a still
more disastrous result, both coach and horsed gradually
Woking until the forewheels were no longer visible, and the
animah themselve• above chest-deep in the unexpected quick-
sand. The passengers, of whom there was a full complement,
lent their assistenoe, at considerable personal risk in cutting
the traces and extricating the hones. The leaders, being near
the o=ite side, were got out with lees difficulty than could
have antioileded: bat the wheelers were se deeply em-
bedded, that it was feared they would have to be abandoned.
A9ast, and, as it fortunately peered, snecessfal effort, was
mole. The pose creatures, however, were so worn out by
their struggles, that on being dragged high and dry, they
could barely retain their footing. Thee of the passengers
pursued their journey oa foot across the sands, notwith-
standing the uncomfortable plight they must naturally have
been in from half en hour's immersion to the breast, and
reached Kent's Bank, the next stage, a distance of about
*even miles, in safety. The coach was not recovered until
meat morning,
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Tea ROPOZNATION OF Jtrvantr.s CRIMINAL/1.-ISt/M-
-LITT OP SONKAAT CONVICTIONS. At the Birroinghess
sestione, yesterday, Yr. M. D. Hip, the recorder, in hie
charge to the grata jury, reined to the commie Ise of
offences by the 3roseg, sod to the great increase of aims is
that tows daring the hat demo moths. Oa this=
said those was ~anent mew at week—as
of whisk woad threw ems light ea the sebiest. Thee
was, however, great hope Mot SSW woad be Whet le
remove these. It was SOUS emimeoea b know Met IPS&
&rectal attempts is this dinettes wan abost is he wade by
her hi eStie:itatele. It lad bees diesevered that they
had all beta yesseading on a mistakes priesipie;
may con hand of dietioisidag mime, it Masted
sad sneered it. Paribas mamas, yam yeas= la per-
dealer, sanessely, by abet YON espristemeekbed
bees toad to fatalimis them with the pci ; to ham al
that wheaten, dread Ode gem, berms by this seesed
puma en, a child wire most et k (by that
gernhisa of mane white esaksead itself to themisimese)
reseedied hieesif to Mifforeellmt, and by the lies his
ihrtaight er same mad sl the dread of jasties was era;;
he beam 7=saserimether ears. sod ed
ger gee ssgreadded hismalhat this
raying aiats had attracted the agouties of Ma grows
meat, who were most lemaly and ably abseil to soiles-
vom to remove it. It wee mow mivemally admitted that
ff rare. wee net la be ellahred by
_etressilary punier
merle at hest enryethig that Ismisd to it woad he
kept ie view."
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COXIIIIINON IT TIN Loam-LIMPTINANT.—O. K. Carr,
Esq., to be major, vice J. Pains, promoted, of the Royal
Baser Militia.