The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-20 00:00:00

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AT THE LIVERPOOI
yesterday, Mr. John Ton"
builder and contractor,
appeared before Mr.
examination. Neither
after a few questions
passed.
THE YACHT RA(
Liverpool, from Porto
Monday, 17 miles so
barque, has not since
TIIE HARVEST.
the appearance of
as highly satisfactory,
bable extent of the y
yet too soon to form
districts the straw is
expected, whilst in
both short and small.
the wheat harvest wi'"
night a considerable
crops of turnips and
DEATH FROM CA
siderable interest has
cumstance of en old
en out-patient of t'
Tuesday for his _
box of pills, a plaster, ~..
of the extract of belladonna,
the statement of the -
the plaster. It as
prehension on the
portion of the poisonous
the idea that it was -
that after enduring gt
There appeared to be some want of proper enutioa at the
in-
firmary, with regard to the fixing of proper labels on the
medicine dispensed.
LEEDS BANK-NOTE FoRGEuv.--Yeaterday Samuel
BeWson Holmes, late of Hull, and since of London, who
was remanded by the Leeds magistrates on Monday last on
• charge of having uttered, on the 7th inst., several counter-
feit 51. notes of the Leeds bank of Messrs. Beckett and Co.,
was again brought up for further examination. lle called
Mr. Beard, his brother-in.law, a guard on the railway, and
his wile, with a view to show that the accused NM at their
house, at Hanslet, near Leeds, at the time spoken of by the
respective witnesses for the proccution. It was also stated
that the defendant had only procured change for one pro-
vincial bank note during his stay in Leeds, and that was a Hull

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the upset price of the one was 58,0001.; of the other, ,
37,100!.; but no offers were made.
The amateur company from London performed
here last night. There was a full and fashionable
house.
On Saturday morning the remains of Masi
of Gneldres, wife of James 11. of Scotland,
were re-interred in Holyrood Chapel. As formerly
mentioned, they were found on the occasion of the
demolition of Trinity College Church, and after lying
for some time in the Crown-office, were ordered to the
royal vault as their final resting place. As it was un-
derstood that the magistrates and the Society of An-
tiquaries
were to attend officially something in the
shape of pageantry was expected 'by the on-lookers,
but they were disappointed. Precisely at 8 o'clock,
a hearse drawn by two horses appeared at the palace
gate. At the command apparently of a s"rgeant or
corporal, six .oldiers, forming part of the usual guard,
presented arms—the coffin, a large crimson one, was
taken out, and magistrates, antiquaries, and others,
all unrobed, with the exc ption of a pariah clergy-
man,
followed it to the dim cavern, where all that as
mortal of the kings and queens of Scotland has been
deposited for centuries. No religious ceremonial of
any kind took place.
TEE GLENTILT CARE.—TO/MIK V. TEE DUKE or ATHOL.
—The judgment in this case, which merely involves the pre-
liminary point of title, wis given on Friday by Lord Ivory.
Ilia lordship having stated the principles on which he found-
ed his judgment, made the following order .—" The Lord
Ordinary having heard counsel for the parties upon the pre-
liminary defence set forth in the defendant's first plea in law
supersedes consideration thereof, until it be seen whet shall
be the precise shape and extent of the pursuer's averments,
when the record c mire to be adjusted, with a view to closing
the same : in the meanwhile appoints a record to be pre-
pared on the whole cause is common term ; and to that ellect
appoints the pursuers to gi :a iii a condescendence of the •
facts which they aver and offer to prove in support of their
summons, by the first box•day in the ensuing vacation ; and
the defender to give in answers to the same by the third
sederunt day of the winter session."
DISCOVERY OP BASE COIN AT GLARCIOW.—On Friday •
last, while two criminal officers attached to the southern
district were searching the shop of Smith, a broker. Bridge-
gate, their suspicions were excited by the peculiar move-
ments of Mrs. Smith, who seemed to be concealing acme-
, thing which she carried in her hand. The offices coned the
article she was endeavouring to hide from them. This
proved to be a portmanteau, filled with some heavy sub
' stance. On opening it they discovered that it was packed
' with penny aid halfpenny pieces, of the reigns of Geo. IV.
: and Queen Victoria. The coins, composed of lead, with a
I thin coating of copper, amounted to no fews r than between
. 800 and 900, and were neatly put up in packages of 120, re-
t presenting 10s. in value. Both the broker and his wile were i
seined and committed to prison. It is stated that the coins
l' have all been executed in Ireland, and were bought there by
the woman, who has made more than one voyage Mr the
purpose of obtaining them.
- A GLASGOW HOLIDAY.—The annual fair holidays have
- passed over, and the police have not had to deal with a single
a case of assault or disturbance, although the number of
t drunken people lying in the stree.s nn Saturday eight and
- Sunday morning was very great. The Scottish Guarantee
5 states that about 300 were taken to the different police-
▪ offices in a state of helpless intoxication. On Friday and
Saturday the great mass of the population enjoyed them-
a II ,
selves by taking pleasure trips to the country. Oa Saturs:ey
i- morning the Ayrshire company sent down a large train, and
e on reaching Ayr several hundreds of the passengers went on
y board the Briton steamer, and enjoyed a trip to Campbelten
W and back. Others of the party enjoyed picnics on the banks
of Boon and hills of Carrick. The Caledonian Company
Is forwarded a large party to th Falls of Clyde. The Edin 4 '
is burgh and Glasgow opened up the beauties of •
e. Campsie Glen to hundreds. The Scottish Central. ,
r. had a special train for Perth and Dundee, besides taking
•
te hundreds by the usual trains to Stirling, Bridge.ot
to Anan, and the neighbouring country. The steamers were
et literally packed from stem to stern. The weather was never
a. finer in the fair week, which is proverbial for being rainy.
id During the week the Botanic Gardens formed a great point
is of attraction for the working classes, who conducted them- I
e.
selves with perfect order and propriety. The gardens were .. ,
n. visited by upwards of 77,000 persons during the five days •
at on which they were gratuitously open. The excellent con- ,
of duct of these holiday makers affords the North British Mail'
,
ii- an argument in favour of extending such places of recreation '
he for the working people. That paper tays:—.' The Potan!c ' I
ill Gardens were opened to the working classes last week by I
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he the munificence of one merchant, and if twenty or a hundred •
ta- merchants would follow his example there would be no Oita-
ny culty in constructing three or four similar or less extensive, leas
elf costly, but still most useful institutions in different quarters of
of the town. Those who say that the working classes would
id, not appreciate objects of this nature have their I xeuse made 1
ng invalid by fact. Others, who allege that valuable flowers
ird and Aruba would be destroyed, if the I " lower " or the
Iv- working-claw i
s were allowed to have ndtscriminate ad-
.") mission, are answered by Mr. Murray, the cutator 'of the t
rn- Botanic Gardens. We believe that no other 41,000 visitors
wn coming and going in the most leisurely manner ever did lees i .1
and injury to his grounds than the 41,000 who were crowded out
on- and in on Saturday in such numbers, and with such
Mr rapidity, that they were necessarily left very much
But to watch themselves. There are thus two objections
Don answered, and two facts established. The working
last classes feel infere,ted, as already, in all natural produc-
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tiona, and will secure them against injury. Any party who
last has ever observed the Bower-pots in the humblest windows,
the or the little box gardens in the sills of window', in lanes i 1
ce : where neither flower nor human being has justice, will not
Dan doubt the universal interest felt in floriculture. • • •
t is We take the Botanic Gardens as one means—only one—and
rts- that one a subordinate means of accomplishing 1 ire° im-
iof provements. Institutions of this nature have a softening
was influence on their visitors. They are full of the material of
ion, thought. Their teaching comes from the first source, with-
for out much intermediate agency. They afford present enjoy-
. in ment, innocent in Welt, cheap in its cost, and harmless io its
ew- consequences."
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et it PROVINCIAL.
iver LANCASHIRE.
abs. AT THE LIVERPOOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCY,
and yesterday, Mr. John Tomkinson, of Liverpool, the ext.mime
he builder and contractor, and Mr. Wm. Potter, of Birkenhead,
ph. appeared before Mr. Commissioner Perry, on their last 1
Per- examination. Neither of the bankrupts were opposed, and
iTTI after a few questions by the learned commissioner both l'
:14tIoie passed.
',.,00 THE YACHT RACE.— The Treasurer, arrived at
Liverpool, from Porto Rico, saw the Sultana yacht at 4 a.m., • • I
heir
roue
Monday, 17 miles south-west of Tuskor. Her rival, the
and barque, has not since been spoken.
YORKSHIRE.
hese
THE HARVEST.—AII accounts concur in describing
;hest
t the the appearance of the growing crops throughout Yorkshire .
~,.. as highly satisfactory, though opinions vary as to the peo•
„14.71 bable extent of the kid about which, in truth, it is almost
,-e„,,7 yet too soon strawiy 'very decided conclusion In many
;7;districts the is shorter then usual, yet a fuller yield is
expected, whilst in other places the ears of wheat appear
s not
if f both short and small. It seems to be generally agreed that
the wheat harvest will be very early. Within the last fort-
outhid night a considerable improvement has taken place in the
i'e
.hoot
it, or crops of turnips and beans.
LEATH FROM CARELESSNESS WITH DRUGS.—Con-
and aiderable interest has been excited at Sheffield by the cir-
cumstance of an old man named Thomas °reeves, who, being
an out-patient of the infirmary, went to that institution on f
Tuesday for his medicine, receiving from the porter a
,
box of pills, a plaster, and a quantity of salve, composed
18. of the extract of belladonna, the last of which, according to
t has the statement of the porter, he was instructed to spread on •
the plaster. It seems, however, that from some misap-
le,red prehension on the part of the old man, he took a small
I late portion of the poisonous salve on Tuesday night, t.nder
alt to the idea that it was an electuary. The cpnsequence was,
pre- that after enduring great pain, he expired thl following day.
3 It:,
has There appeared to be some want of proper caution at the in-
it • .
firmary, with regard to the fixing of proper labels on the
medicine
di'Pnsd.
gBANK-NOTE FORGERY.—Yesterday Samuel
'lB're- BeWson Holmes, late of Hull, and since of London, who
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