The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

THE LATE ALLEGED CASE OP MURDER IN GLASGOW.—
A few weeks since we (Glasgow Herald) noticed the case of
a man named Sweeney, who was taken into custody on the
~Large of having murdered his own child, by. throwing it
over Glasgow-bridge. Since then a very full rnvestigat:on
has taken place, which leaves no room to doubt that the
death of the child was entirely the result of accident.
Sweeney has accordingly been liberated.
As THE Huy. ARTHUR Want, and a friend were on
Friday last driving towards Falkirk in a tandem, after view-
ing Stirling Castle, the leader suddenly became restive and
unmanageable, and turned round upon the wheeler so sharply
as to soap the shaft. Both parties were thrown out with
great violence, and remained upon the ground insensible for
several minutes, but were at length taken to the house of
Mr. Maekensic, surgeon, of Falkirk. Mr. Byng, who was
driving at the time, escaped with a slight wound near the
left thigh, but his friend, who was a most expert driver, and
who had but handed over the reins two or three minutes
previously, is in great danger, suffering from concussion of
tha brain. The unfortunate gentleman had driven the same
horses for above two months en Scotland.

AT GLASGOW, ON SATURDAY, A SERIOUS FIRE OCCURRED
at the patent iaw-mills of Mean. 0. Taylor and Co. Great
damage was done, but the firm are said to be insured.
TRH JOINERS Or EDINBURGH are agitating for an ad-
vance of 2.5. per week in their wars.
RIOT IN GLASOOW.—On Sunday afternoon a riot took
place in Oorbals, which for a time wore a very alarming
aspect, and threatened serious consequences. The disturb-
ance commenced in consequence of the police attempting to
take a disorder fellow into moody. A crowd gathered,
and commenced hooting, and then made an effort to rescue
the man. The officers endeavoured to retain their prisoner,
but they were eventually overpowered by numbers, and ke
was taken from them. In the course of the struggle, the
policemen, and some of the well-disposed citizens who came
to their assistance, were most cruelly maltreated by the very
scum of the barony. Five of the men are a good deal hurt,
and ,in the case of two of them, their clothes were literally
torn to shreds. As the alarm spread, The officers were rein-
forced, and succeeded in making their way to the office,
bringing two or three prisoners al;Tir with them. Some of
the most active of the rioters esca for the time ; but as
this lawless proceeding took place an the broad daylight, they
are not likely long to elude justice. When the row was at
its height the mob consisted of several thousand persons.

maa's moo* would water at the Milder her. She is the pro. I
pert. of Mein. M.Tear, Hollheld, and ether modems*
and is to ran between this and Rio Janeiro, with mods
ad passemers.—L • Standard.
=MOM
WOODS/110011 Naw exotica was oossercrated by the
Bishop of Norwich on Thursday last. The tot mom of
this church was laid in the year 1842, and finished in 1843,
bat from the inadfliciescy of the endowment fond, it was
not opened before.
YORKSHIRE,
Fans-TRATaI DiIIONSTILATION AT SIIIIFFIELD.— The
friends of free trade at Sheffield will hold a public saris to-
day in commemoration of the commercial measures recently
by the legislature. Lord Morpeth, John Parker,
erred
M.P., li. (2. Ward, Esq., M.P., and Col. Thompson
bare accepted invitations to attend, and several other free-
trader, of eminence connected with the locality are expected
to participate in thesle!Fonstration:

JOHN LElGaTON,oouricted at the last anufs, and under
sentence of death, for entering the house of Thomas Moore,
Blaek Cleugh, and assaulting and wounding him, with intent
to murder, made his escape from Morpeth gaol er Monday
night. It is supposed he let himself out of his cell by a key
made of leather, and after getting into the yard, scaled the
prison walls by aid of a ladder.

FATAL ACCIDIETT AT APSDALE COLLIERT.—On Monday
se'nnight a number of men went to the pit, headed by D.
Kelluallll a turnsman, who being a sober steady person was
much trusted. KelsaU bad been in the habit of depositing
his safety lamp at a certain point in the pit, sufficiently re-
moved from the foul air to be considered safe. The current
of foul air is directed into certain channels by means of drop
sheets; but on the morning in question the drop sheets were
sot suspended u usual, the foul air had passed the point,
mud no sooner did poor Kelsall approach the part with a
naked candle, in order to get the safety lamp, than an explo-
sion took place. Kelsall and a companion named Lightfoot
were killed on the spot, and three other colliers were 'evenly
burned. There were about thirty men and boys in the pit at
the time, besides others descending, when the expkaion took
place. The rush of air to the month of the pit was so great
that the party descending had the greatest difficulty in keep-
ing their places ; their hats were blown off their heads, and
conveyed a distance of twenty yards up the shaft. The acci-
dent, says the Staff ordshire Mercury, is wholly attributable
to the absence of the safety lamp and the neglect in not
putting down the drop...sheets. Each of the sufferers has
left a widow with four young children, and both the women
are at the present time enceinte.

IttcaxauaT Ftni.=in the night of Saturday last an
alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr. R. Atkins, at
North liworth, near Lutterworth ; happily assistance was
promptly rendered, and the flames, after considerable exer-
tions, were subdued, being confined to the stack where the
fire originated. A large number of wheat and other corn stacks
surrounded the sue in question ; and from an examination
that has taken place since the fire, there is every reason to
believe that the act was that of au incendiary. This is
the fourth act of ineendiarism that has occurred in the

neighbourhood of Lutterworth within a short period.
recently, the crime was unknown except in name in this part
of the country. A liberal reward is offered for the apprehen-
sion of the guilty party.
The LRICRSTRR BOARD of GUARDIANS his ordered re-
turns to be made of all lunatic paupers sent from that union
to the Heydock Asylum. The return is to specify tke age
of each lunatic, and, if dead, how long each lived after being
removed thither.

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DEVONSHIRE.
SHLICINO RINDS WITH • DCHE.—On Friday even-
ing an enthusiastic admirer of the Duke of Wellington,
hearing he had, on going through Totnesa, stopped at the
Stan, ran with breathless haste to inquire into the truth of
the matter, when the following abort colloquy took place :
—Enthusiast (breathless): Oh, my dear Miss Webb, is it
true that the Duke of Wellington stopped at your house
to-day?—Miss Webb: 0 yes, sir, it is true, for I shook
heads with him.—Enthusiast: My dear Miss Webb, have
you shaken hands with any body since ?--Min Webb : No,
indeed, sir, I have not.—Enthusiast: Then, my dear Miss
Webb, pray do shake hands with me. And irnmodiately
gave her a hearty shake of the hand, and on the Sunday
morning was early at his post, almost rampant, to have a
real grasp at the hand of the noble duke ; we believe, con-
tinues the Devonshire Chronicle, which tells the story, that
he succeeded.