The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1846.

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has been erected. It was set in motion on Saturday last fir
the first time, when a plate of silver, 101lba. weight, was
extracted from the lead. The yield (says the Dug/rime
Courier) averages from 7 to 13 ounces of silver ill IMO 1111% lir
lead, and the ore that y;elds the latter quantity may le elr
sidered among the richest specimens in Scotland.
HADIGNOTON Bvaous.—The sheriff of the conrityhas
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now completed his circuit is the registration courts of Hsi
dington, Dunbar, and North Berwick. "It is not yet
known," says the Scotsman, " what has been the result in
Jodburgh and Lauder, but in so far as the East Lothlam
burghs are concerned, the Tory majority at the last eleetima
must now be converted into a decided minority. We
believe the Liberals have gained about forty votes is these
places upon last year's registration.
A SINGULAR FIRS BRIGAUE.—DanieI Mara, the cartes
who received an accident by falling from his horse while
engaged in returning from a fire, died in Dundee is 11
on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased has for sump gem
been noted by the quenchers of flame, u being one of the
readiest of the carters in enabling them to convey part of
their machinery to the scene of operations. The /hinder
Advertiser states that the animal he was riding when he met
with the accident which terminated his existence, seemed Si
anxious to serve the public as his late mater; for should le
be in any part of the town within the souni of the fire bell,
the first tinkle excited in him the utmost impatience to gag
disengaged from the cart, an when let loose, without the
word of command, he would run directly to the police Mimi
as fast as he could in order to procure slob at dragging the
engines. A dog which lately belonged to the deceasmil
appeared to take as great an interest in the matter as the
horse. No sooner did it perceive its master making efforts
to loose its companion from the two-wheeled vehicle, thee II
gave utterance to its joy by barking, wagging its tail, mai
other indications of joy which the canine race exhibit whim
they suspect that there is something in the wind. As soon
as the hone was freed, the dog accompanied him, keeping a
few yards before, and barking anparently to stimulate him
to use his utmost exertions. When yoked in the engine the
cur again set up a yelping which did not cease till it arrived
at the spot where the fire was.
Gcasnow POLlTlClL—Operations have &hotly com-
menced for the municipal elections under the new Municipal
Bill. By that measure the Police Board (a supplementary
Town Council) has been placed in abeyance, and the satel-
lical burghs of Gorbals, Anderston, and Calton, have had
their respective 'magistracies absorbed in the supreme body of
Glasgow councillors and bailie,. The municipal is now co.
terminus with the parliamentary burgh of Glasgow. The
five wards are increased to eight; the councillors from 30 to
48: and the bailies from five to eight. There is to be a
police court in each ward, presided over by a bailie. Four
gentlemen have been named for the dignity of provost ;
Mr. Lumaden (the present incumbent), Messrs. Hastie,
Leadbetter, and Anderson. There has been also some stir
about the parliamentary representation. The great dinner
got up ostensibly in celebration of the new municipal act is
generally understood to have been meant an a feeler by the
friends of Mr. M'Oregor, of the Board of Trade. It is nn-
derstood, however, that both the present members will stand
again, and the prevalent impression is that if they do, they
will be returned.

SIX° VLAIL FOROBILY.-011 Saturday last a WOW= of
respectable appearance and connexions Was examined before
the Norwich magistrates of the charge of forging • consi-
derable number of Bank of England 641. notes. The name of
the prisoner is Sarah Hannah Barker; she had been
remanded from the previous Wednesday. The following
account will be found to contain the substance of the long
exarainatious :—About a year ince the prisoner's grand-
father died, and left her a legacy of 1201. • this sum she
placed partly in the East of England Bank, and partly lathe
Savings Bank, and having no other resources, owing to cir-
cumstances which will appear in the course of the narrative,
had been living on it ever since. About half this sum
had been thws expended. On Wednesday last she
went to the East of England Bank, and laid down upon
the counter her deposit receipt-book, and 601. in alleged
Bank of England notes, which she requested might be
placed to her credit. At the first glance the clerk saw
that they had not the usual signature; this induced • more
minute inspection, when he discovered that the numbers
of all were exactly alike. In all other respects the imita-
tion was perfect, and might easily have deceived a less
experienced eye. Knowing from these circumstances that
they must be forgeries, the prisoner was given into custody,
and the police proceeded to search the house of the prisoner,
in Cross-lane, St. George's, Colegate. In her house was
found a bundle of notes lying under the table, about 30 in
number, in course of manufacture—some just begun, some
spoiled, and others nearly completed. A good Bank of Eng-
land note was also found, and the 30, as well as the 10 pre-
sented at the bank, were all excellent imitations of this good
note. One forged note, and only one, was found with a sig-
nature attachtd. The copies were done in pen and ink, and
had been traced up at • chamber window. She had frequently
been observed by the neighbours tracing at her window, but
they considered it was to obtain patterns of fancy needle-
work. This quite accorded with the habits of the prisoner.
who lived very secluded, and when she appeared abroad had
a very ladylike bearing. The appearance of the forged
paper was veryclose indeed to the original ; it had, of course,
no watermark. The East of England Bank had made
a commuuication of the circumstance to the Governor
of the Bank of England, and be requested one to be
sent to him for inspection. Mr. Staff, the Town
Clerk, also stated that Mr. Freshfield had sent to him
for a copy. In order to know what steps the Bank
of England would take, the cue was further remanded.
Several of the magistrates believed that the prisoner was in-
sane ; this belief was induced by two circumstances. It
seems that she had recently a warrant issued against her for
non-payment of poor-rates, and when the officer sailed to
levy a warrant which had been issued against her, she at.
tempted to stab him. At that time the feeling of the beech
was in favour of her insanity—so much so, that one of the
magistrates (Mr. H. Bolingbroke) paid the demand for her.
And, further, the very act of offering at the bank what she
knew to be [aged notes, without even a signature, was evi-
dence of either very great commercial ignorance or of in-
sanity. Mr. Gould. and Mr. N. Palmer thought no insane
person could execute notes so correctly, and apply for pay-
ment with her deposit-book, without intending to pass them;
she might, indeed, be ignorant of the necessity for different
numbers, and a signature for the validity of a note ; but this
was not insanity. There is little doubt but that the prisoner
will be ftil:y committed for trial for the above offence after
her Anal examinatioa.

is doubt/11, for whenever the Sidon uses her engine', the
vessel is enveloped in a dense cloud of steam, an evil which,
in eau of action, might be productive of the most serious
consequences. Complaints are also made that the Sake is
a little crank, Clough this may be remedied by shipping a
little more ballast. A sad accident happened to three of the
mew on her arrival at Woolwich on Tuesday evening, owing
to the chain cable slipping over the bits. One poor fellow
had the flesh of his arm torn from the wrist to the shoulder,
and the others were slightly injured. They were at once
taken to the Royal Marine Hospital. The armament of the
Sidon consists of four 56-pounders, two forward and two
aft; four 32-pounders of 50 cwt. on the upper deck; and
ten 32-pounders on the main deck. The Black Eagle,
steam vessel, Muter-Commander 8. B. Cook, arrived
at Woolwich on Tuesday evening, after having conveyed
his Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of
Angleaea to Tilbury Fort, Sheerness, and Chatham. The
Aurora, Sardinian corvette, was towed up the river from
Sheerness on Wednesday morning, by the African st.-v.
The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pears, arrived
at Woolwich from Deptford on Wednesday, to make good
her defects, and to embark two companies of Royal Artil-
lery for Bermuda and Barbados". The Swallow and
Myrtle et.-v. left Woolwich on Tuesday, the former for
Devonport, and the latter for Portsmouth. The Seringapa-
tans hulk is ordered to be towed to Woolwich, to take the
place of the Heise, as a receiving ship, the latter vessel hav-
ing been laid alongside the wharf, for the reception of the
Royal Marines at that port, who have been compelled to
vacate their quarters in the Royal Artille7 barracks, in
consequence of the numbers of recruits arriving for the new
battalion of the latter corps. As soon as the new barracks
are ready for their reception, the marines will quit the
Het", and the latter will resume her station at the moorings
as the receiving-ship. We refered some months RIONe to the
intention of government to take down a row of houses in
George-greet, which, with their extensive gardens, inter-
fere with the uniformity of the boundary line of Woolwich
dockyard. The Board of Admiralty having entered into an
amicable arrangement for the purchase of the property, the
materials of these houses, which include the extensive
school of Mr. Barry, will be sold by auction on Monday
next, and as soon as the materials are cleared, the boundary
wall will be carried up, and will extend in an unbroken
line from opposite the eastern end of the parish churchyard,
to the water gate at New Charlton, a distance of nearly a
mile-and-a-quarter.
Paomorms, Seer. 16.—Retired Cnsomander William Wood, 1830,
to be retired commander, 1818.
APPOIXTMFNT*.—Lieut. James S. Mann, to the Rodney; cleric's
assistant C. P. mion. to the America ; third engineer G. Griflltha,
as supernumerary to the Witliam mat Mary. Coast Guard—Lieut.
Justus B. licaystra and A. M. Sharp be be chief officers of stations.

Alderman Gibbs asked whether the complais' taut and the
prisoner where to have been married ?—Mr. Humphries re-
plied that they were, and he believed all the necesrary pre-
parations had been made, when the prisoner, wife interfered.
—The complainant refused to have anything more to do with
him, and he threatened to shoot her and then himself.—The
prisoner : Did she break open the seal of a letter of mine /
—Mr. Humphries: Yon have no right to ask any question
of the kind.—lt was here stated that there was no evidence of
anything of the kind.—Mr. Humphries : lam ready to read
the letter I have alluded to, if the prisoner bare no objection.
—The Prisoner: Ido nut wish the letter to be read.—Alder-
man Gibbs: She says you are a married man.—The prisoner
(smiling) : I am not.—Alderman Gibbs : She says you have
threatened her life.—The prisoner: I deny it.—Mr. Hum-
phries : If this letter be a falsehood, I shall give the prisoner
an opportunity of punishing the writer.—Mary Hill was then
called, and sworn. She stated that the prisoner said if she
refused to marry him, he would carry pistols about him for
twelve months, and follow her to church to destroy her, as
be did not care about getting hung for her, be was so fond
of her.—Alderman Gibbs : When did he last say anything of
the kind ?—Witness : On Thursday last. He said he'd
follow me to the Sydenham Station, and take my life.—The
prisoner: Did I offer to take your life /—Witness : You
threatened to do so.—Alderman Gibbs called upon the pri-
soner to find bail himself in 401, and two sureties in 301.
each, to keep the peace for twelve months.—The prisoner :
I cannot find bail.—He was then committed to prison.

MARLBOROUGH - STREET. ALLEoen Favooa-
mut BY THE POLICE.-A batch of omnibus driven were
summoned by the police for stopping at the White Hone
Cellar, Piccadilly, longer than was necessary to set down or
take up pusengers. Amongst these summonses was one
against Andrew l'ktcher' the driver of a Richmond omni-
bas.—Police Constable C 134 deposed, that on the day stated
in the summons the defendant stopped before the White
Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, for two minutes, during which time
he neither took up nor set down passengers —Fletcher, in
his defence, said that the police stationed at the White
Horse Cellar, from some cause which they alone could
explain, chose to favour the Hammersmith, and to
deal oppressively with the Richmond omnibuses, and that
he had evidence to establish that fact. He then I
produced a letter from a gentleman at Richmond, which
stated that the defendant had not stopped, as the summons
declared, longer in Piccadilly than was absolutely necessary.
—Two witnesses, Mr. Godfrey Dyne, of Bolton House,
Turnham-green, and Mr. Whitby, of Richmond, deposed to
the same effect, and expressed their belief that partiality was
I shown by the police.—lnspector Agga, of the C division,'
said the charge of partiality was wholly unfounded, and in
proof of his statement observed that a summons had just
,beta issued against a Hammersmith driver.—The magis-
trate, having regard to the testimony produced by the
defendant, dismissed the summons.

SPORTING.
DONCASTER RACML—WcommaT,s

The all important event of the meeting has at length been decided,
and, to the gratification of all genuine lovers of the Turf, has been
won by the beat hone, amidst the deafening cheers of the friends of
the owner, trainer, and jockey "Bill Scott," whose fanner feats, not-
withstanding his acknowledged eccentricities, have made him a great
favourite in this part of the world. The racing commenced at two
o'clock with
miasma STAXOI of 10 /10TP. each. and 30 added; for 3 yin old,
fist 12lb; four, fat ; five, let 7th ; six and aged, Sat 10Ib. St. Leger
course. (7 suba.)
lord Chesterfield's b e, by Doe John. oat of Game Lass,
(Langstaff 1
Capt. Peyton'a Magnet (Bumby 2
Lord Zetland'a Coheiress (Joy 3
Mr. Meiklam's the Don (Duncan 4
Mr. Meilelam's Aristotle (Templeman
Col. Anson's Rowland liill (Simpson 6
Mr. R. Johnson's be c, by Jenyokan by Lbw (Du& 7
Betting; 5 to 2 agst Magnet, $ le I apt the Don, 3 to 1 agst Aris-
totle, and S to 1 eget Don John eat. Rowland Hill %cutoff lira, but
the lead was immediately taken from him by the Don John colt, who
made all therunaing, and won easy by a couple of lengths.
Mama for 500 soya., 150 to 325, 120 ft, both 2 yrs old. Red House
in.
Mr. Modyn's Gabbier, list 2lb (Nat) 1
Lord Glaww's Chainbearer, est ..... .. . (Mimeo) 2
S to 4 on Chainbeurer, who made the running, but was caught half-
way up the distance, ad beaten cleverly by half a length. Run in
1 min. 16 sm.
. . .

LAMBETH.—Six WEEKS AFTER MARRlAoE.—Yes-
terday, James Milner war brought before Mr. Elliott, on a
warrant, charging him with violently assaulting Mary his wife.
The complainant deposed that about six weeks ago, and while
carrying en a good business in a beer shop in Alfred-place,
Old Kent-road, she unfortunately, and contrary to the wish
of all her friends, married the defendant. At the time of
the marriage he had scarcely a shoe to his feet ; but he bad
no sooner become master of the place, than he began to
treat her and her six children. On the second day atter
their marriage he gave her two black eyes. He had fre-
quently since beaten her violently and threatened her life, and
on that morning he brought a van to the door, to carry away
all her goods. The complainant spoke to various acts of per-
sonal violence by her husband, and was fully corroborated
Iby a respectable witness. The defendant was convicted in a
penalty of 51. for the assault, or one month's imprisonment,
and also ordered to find bail for his good behaviour for two
months more.

THE CHURCH AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES. —At •i
meeting of the Chichester Dionmin Society, held at Chiches
ter on Thursday last, Mr. Archdeacon Hare made, says the
Brighton Guardia*, the following observations : "There
was also another measure which he was in hopes would be
brought forward in the course of the present year, and that
was the doing something towards supplying a better school
for the middle classes. This was one of the works which
perhaps had been the most neglec.ed in the church. The
growth of the middle classes had been extraordinary since
the Revolution. The education of the higher classes
was now mainly in the hands of the church, all the
great public schools and universities being presided
over chiefly by ministers of the church ; but the
education of the middle classes through a variety of
circumstances, had been withdrawn from them. It was
mainly, perhaps, in consequence of that, when they spoke
of the weak point of the church, there they had the least
affection. He was afraid the common testimony would be.
that they had not the affection of the middle classes. This
might be attributed, perhaps, to a defect in the
constitution of the church, that they had not the means of
employing the middle class in it, and that class conse-
quently threw itself into the hands of dissent. Ile confidently
believed that if they could give them a good sound educa-
tion, they might gain their affections. He believed the
intellectual activity found in the middle class of life at this
day had never yet found a parallel in the world; and really
as a political consideration it was most important, for they
had almost entirely let the middle class slip out of their
hands, by not providing adequately for their Christian edu-
cation, and not providing, as they ought to have done, for
their employment in the service of the Church. If they had
the means they would be glad to commence on • large scale
the establishment of • good school for the middle class.
THE DEATH OP HAWEINS, THE CRICKETTEII, L an-
nounced in the Brighton Gazette. He is described as one of
the smartest hitters of the Sussex eleven, and perhaps the
Most skilful man at the point of the bat that was ever known,
not even excepting Mr. Taylor. He was a barber by trade.
THE INCREASE OP THE TRADE Or LITTLEHAMPTON has
of late years been remarkable, and the population and build-
Ingsl Which have Increas►d in a like ratio, will doubtless be
further augmented by the railway about to be constructed.
The population of Littlehampton, which in the memory of
people now living was little more than 300, was, in 1821,
1.168; in 1831, 1,825; in 1811, 2,270; and is now little less
than 3,000.

SOUTHWARK.—INCONRTANC4.—F. Dixon, a respecta-
ble-looking-man' appeared upon his recognizance, before Mr.
Combe (who sat for Mr. Cottingham, owing to the severe in-
disposition of the latter gentleman), on a charge of abscond-
ing with the wife of James Williams, a milkman, Portsmouth-
street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and stealing a portrait painting, a
Bible, and other articles. The prosecutor stated that hav-
ing gone into the country for a month on business, when he
returned he found that his wife had absconded with the pri-
soner, who had been employed by him as clerk. He traced
them to a street near St. Thomas's Hospital, and in
the prisoner's abode were found several articles
which were his property.—The prisoner, in making
his defence, indignantly repelled the charge of stealing,
declaring that the few articles found in the house were
brought there by the prosecutor's wife ; and he entered into
• long statement, the object of which was to show that the
prosecutor's brutality had driven the woman to take refuge
with him, and that he had been actuated throughout solely
by humane feelings—The magistrate said he was inclined to
believe the prisoner's statement of the affair, and decided
upon simply continuing the recognizances, with a view to
the prisoner's appearance on a future day.

The .4.7. m•-• an we gave yesterday by express. We hare only to
add that the race war run in 3 min. la are.
pure of 601.; for 3 yrs old, fist 101 b ; four. 7st 121 b, flue, Bet 21b;
I ea and aged, Set 1 21b ; mutes allowed 2 lb. Deals, 2 miles.
Mr. Meikliim'e Godfrey (Templeman) 0 1 1
Mr. Ranker,' Duke of Richmond (Crouch) 0 2 dr
Mr. W. Johnstone's Blind Ilookey
The lint was a head heat, the wood between the Duke of Rich-
mond and Godfrey, the wood won by ■ neck, and the third by a
ieugth•
FOkl. Rain of 100 Bova. oath, h R ; for 3 yr old mite, Sat 71b;
and fillies, Mt 31b. 14 mile. (7 subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Tom Tulloch Walked over.

HAMMERSMITH.—The three members of the swell
mob who were remanded on Saturday on a charge of robbery
at the City Barge Public-house, having been committed to
Newgate for trial on Wednesday, managed to effect their
escape Orom the van u they were being conveyed ia it to
Newgate. Two of them (Sante( and Davie) were re-cap-
tured and taken to the statien-house by some soldiers who
observed their manacled condition ; but the third (M'Lean)
escaped entirely by means of a light cart, which h►d been
observed near the van for some time previous to the attempt,
and which had evidently been provided by the kindness of a
friend.