The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-19 00:00:00

exceed in value 6,000 f. An officer has been sent torn Lynd- .
hurst to the Channel Islands for the purpose of making in-
quiries respecting a considerable quantity of timber believed
to have been sent to those places.
THE AUTHORITIES appear determined to appre-
hend as many es pomade both of chartists and
repealer,. Several warrant. were yesterday. placed in
the hands of officers for the apprehension of some
of the most violent persons who have spoken sedition at the
numerous meetings held in the various parts 01 the metro-
polis. It was yesterday rumoured, but with what truth win
cannot pretend to say, that an M.P., who has for
some Cum been the acknowledged head of the chartists, is
likely shortly to nuke his appearanee at Bow-street, on account
of certain articles bearing his name whieb have appeared in
the columns of a chartist newspaper. Although the precau-
tions taken by the police commissioners have been of the
most e xtensive character, they have been fully warranted
from information which they have obtained—namely, that
it was the intention of the chartists and repealer, upon the
Hest opportunity after they were fully organised to commerce
their disturbance. in 'overall parts of the metropeli. at one
time, and to pull tip the gas pipes and put London in
total darkness.
THE IRISH CONFEDERATES.—Last night a Meeting,
paw virile; to he an assemblage of the John Mitchel Irish
Confederate (Ault, was held in the Chartist Hall, W,bber•
street. lilackfriararoad. In enticipatioa that disturbances
might visa the police were in strong rco, ready to act; at a
moment's notice. At 8 o'clock about :AO Our' and men as-
sembled in the hal', smoking short pipes. A 13,1 named
ki'Carthy. se. mingly not more than 1t years of age, took
the chair. Two youths supported him. The lad on his
right hand opened the " deba:e," and dalarcd that Ireland
was now in open reherion, and that the'• sons of Erin were
hurling defiance at their oppressors." A person in the body
of the meeting litre ventured to hipare if the report was
untrue the t the rebellion was ouppreesel. Tide remark wes
receivel with loud shouts of " a spy," turn him out," and
a 111511 was Made on the individual when a Cry was raised
that the police were ,uting. Instantly his assailants scam-
pered down the stairs, Leveret being knocked down and
trazap., cd oi. in their effects to escape. The chairman salted
fa: order. and declared he hated Lora Johu Russell, advising
those ytc•out to get wisdom and pike:. During his lade, so
some 01 the confederates got through the skylight, having
seem dad the roof from fear of the police. At 11 o'clock ail
was pese,alue.
ACCIDENTS ON VIE NORTH WESTFRN
Yesterday Capt. Symonde the govereme.• t inspector, visited
Ashten hack, the scene of the recent ceilision, for the pur-
pose of examining the r ngine attached to the reterboreugh
mail, and in stitutieig inquiries relative to tee catastrophe.—Au-
other collision took place at Birmingham yesterday meriting.
It appears that on tl,e arrival of the 9 sm. express train
from London ai the Birmingham terminus, a train of firrt
and second tia,S carriages was bring shifted on to the main
line. The driver ce tar engine drawing the express train
did not stint off his stem in time. Ile ran into the train if
empty eareisges, smelling three or feur of the first clefs,
and damaging en ,re or less nearly cc. ry carriage in the train.
No lice was lest.—Auoth.e accident hapeened yesterday
mornine to one of the es:gine-driven. tamed G. Sands, aged
28, and who is now an inmate of University liospitel. it
appears that whil,t on his engine at the Camden station, he
ran with it against a luggage van and wes jerked off, and one
of the wheels passed over his leg and thigh. He is in a
dangerous state.—Amputation has been effected in the
case of the fireman injured two or three days back, and
he also is described as being in a very e.various politica.
INQUEST, YESTERD.a.—FATAL OCCURRENCE ON
THE EA-:ERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—By Me. Baker, at
the London Hospital, on TLC,/ of the ii,dpp of Mr. Wilds=
Busigny, aged 47, solicitor, Stockbridge, Haws, who died in
conseeuenee of having been knocked down by an engine on
the Eastern Counties Railway. It appeared that the de-
ceased, who was residing at the Horse and Groom, Lea-
bridge, Wag of eccentric habits, and had recently a
great deprouiou of spirits. Tuesday night he was walkin goon
the up lane, at about 300 yards distance from the Lea bridge
station, when he was knocked down by engine No. dl. lie
died the following morning. Three nibs Vrtte tractured, and
had penetrated both lanes. and he bad also received a con-
cussion cf the brain. Verdict—" That the deceased died
from the injuries received, but whether they were by nett-
dent or design en the part of the deceased there is no evidence
to show.'

STATE OF THE MANUFACTURING
DISTRICTS.

THE 2.1 unuErol.-F. CONSPIRACY AT ASHTON.
lip to *met evening these districts remained perfectly
quiet. At the coroners inquest held co the policeman who
was shot at Ashton, nothing more was elicited in the evi-
dence than ha! been alleady stated in the Daily News, and
the coroner ad4ourned the proceedings till Monday were.
Some further light, it is winentood, has been thrown upon
the transaction of Monday night, by information which has
come to the possession of the authoriti,s, and which is said to
have discovered the whole plot and arrangements made
by the confederates. This statement asserts that the design
of the confederacy on this occasion had in view the murder- ,
tug of all the 'witnesses in the pulite force who were bound'
over to the proeecution of the etnfolcrate leader, Dr.
Mlloitall, at the Liverpool Auizee, now pending, and thus
in fact to destroy the evidence against him. The clubs remm
the neighboaring town) within a mile or a mile and a half of
Ashton were to have assembled to carry this plan into execu-
tion at a preconcerted signal, which was the discharge of a
cannon opposite Mr. Hindley'e mansion at Dukertield, the
most central point; but this plot is said to have been frets
trated by the eagerness of the body of confederates who mur-
dered the policeman. These parties encountered the
latter in the street at an earlier hoar than was intended,
and the discharge of the gun or pistol, whichever it might
be, o which the carder was committed, being heard by
some of the clubs, an: not by others, was mistaken for the
signal, :.t.d thus the different bodies were not able to effect a
junction, and thole who had repaired to the spot, mistaking
the absence of the others for want of courage and a dieposi-
tion to ca-operate, became alarmed, and separated before the
error could be repaired. Whilst the authorities had posses-
sion of some of their secrets (but unfortunately not that o
the met tieg on this occasion), the arrangements of
the authorities seem to have been also betrayed
to the confederates, for they were aware of the
arrangements made to call the specfal constables
together by tolling the hell of the parish church, and pickets
had been placed to intercept the bellringer on his way from
the town-ball. Fortunately, these men were not so much on
the alert as was intended, and the ringer succeeded in enter-
ing the churchyard pursued by a body of them even to the
entrance of the tower, which he clond against them, and
was than enabled to ascend to the belfry. It is stated that
this man niter ringing the bell (and with none the leas
energy after the fright he bad sustained in the pursuit) for
20 minutes, descended to a window or erlooking the church-
yard, intending to re tun to the town-ball, but he perceived
that the parties of men were still waiting for him, and in
consequence he was uns'.le to leave the church till the mili-
tary approached the centre of the town. On Thursday,
Morris, another of the prisoners apprehended en Tuesday
morning on suspicion of being concerned in the outbreak,
was committed to the assizes ; but nng as occurred at
present painting to the principal in the murderthough hopes
ere still entertained by the authorities of being able to detect
the murderer and brie g idea to justice. Same of the princi-
pal contsderrte leaders have absconded, and amongst them
B. S. Treanor, and also Milligan, Bardeley, and S)ley, all of
whom are sal i to have been members of the" national guard."
The body of the unfortunate policeman (Bright) was in-
terred on Thursday,; the magistrates and other authorities
attending and takng part in the funeral ceremony. A re-
ward ot ,:nrf. has been offered for the apprehension of the
murderer.

PROCEEDINGS
AT AGAINST
ING THE CONFEDERATES
BIRMHAM.
Yesterday, at the public office at Birmingham, George
White, an Irishman, and a notzrious physical-tome chartist,
wu brought bt!ore the mayor (Charles (leach, Esq.) and a
bench of magistrate, charged with uttering seditious lan-
guage at a meeting held at the Peoples-hall, is Loveday-
street, on Sunday, the Gth inst.—Mr. Griffiths', solicitor, who
conducted the proceedings an behalf of the crown, briefly
narrated the circumstances ttr.der which the prisoner had been
arrested—the promotion of in unlawful assemblage, and the
utterance of seditious language,havingatendencyso toexcite
and inflame the minds of Om people as to kad to a breach of
the peace. Ile called &policeman who was present at the meet-
ing, who identified White, and who also produced an in-
flammatory placard, copies of wl.ich were distributed
amongst the persons assembled.--. Mr. Major Brindley, a
short-hand writer who attstded the meeting, and took notes
of the speeches delivered, was now called to produce these as
evidence in support of the charge against the prisoner. The
witness; read at great length extracts from the
speeches both of the chairman at the meeting and
of the prisoner, some of which were extremely violent.
The prisoner conducted his own defence, and the magistrates
decided on committing him to take his trial at Warwick
wires for using seditious language, and attending an un-
lawful meeting: substantial bail only to be taken if the
prisoner could prove it, himself in 1001., and two sureties in
601. eacb.—Against Edward Ring, also an Irishman, a
similar charge was preferred for uttering seditious language
on the same occasion as the prisoner White. Extracts from
his speech were put in eeldence, portions of it being ex-
tremely violent. In one part of his harangue the prisoner
said—" I am a willing rebel; and I for one bate the
Englishman who floes not love Irishmen " and
then he asked his aueitory " whether they valued
their lives 1" upon selil.* there was a loud about
of "no" and cheers. The magistrates committed this
man for trial also, and held him to bail in the same amount
as in the last case. Another confederate, named Jenny,
who had been arrested on a similar charge, was liberated—
the evidence as to his identity being insufficient. A fourth
sympa Mier, named Mantel, in custody on a charge of as-
saulting a policeman, was further remanded. The proceed-
ings did not appear to excite much interest amongst the con-
federate party in the town.

ANOTHER CHARGE. OF CoNsEIRAcy WAS HEARD YES-
TERDAY at the Liverpoolpolim-court. The defendant in this
ease was a young man nanwd Murphy. A short time ago
suspicions were entertained iigainst him, and his residence in
Peover-street was accordingly entered by the police while he
was in Dublin, and strictly rmrched. On a table they found
a book, containing in mithitscript minutes of repeal club
meetings, directions, orders des. In a clock-ease a gun was
discovered, and in an upper chamber a pike head was seen ;
other articles, also, were found. On Thursday evening,
Murphy applied for these st the Rose-hill station, and was
takes into custody. On hit way to Bridewell] he, in answer
to a question put to him by Inspector Burrell, declared that
he was secretary to no otbc club than that designated the
susfield." This was the effect of the evidence brought