The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-30 00:00:00

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NAVAL AND MILITARY DUMB SOCllll7.—Thu sup-
porters of this society, formed for supplying sailor. and
soldiers with copies of tho sthisoms, held their 67th anni-
versary yesterday, at Hanover-square Rooms ; the Marquis
of cholmendeley in the chair. It appeared by the report
that the minty had, during the pan year, oistributed
amonept the mamma of 29 of her Majesty's ship at Ply.
tasrwlhe persethenek, Chatham, and Sheernme, 1,540 bibles
sad teelsisheis; st the various barracks in Ragland, 1.591 ;
be se teen 311; en the canals, rivers, ite., 3,664 ; to seer-
dathe 7,631 ; and a great number in the British
solguise. matfnt a total of 16,071 copies, &nee the last
pawed meeting the income of the society had hips 2,6691.,
and, tieductiug the expenks, a balances remained of 1411.
FORRIONSRS' EVANGRLICAL SOCIETY.—The first
general meeting of the Foreigners' Erangelicel Society for
pommies the spirituel weitere of foreigners reading in
Great Britain, and especially in the metrocethe, wag held on
Wednesday at the Ilanorersquare Rooms. Lord Ashley, the
president of the society, occupied the chair, and opened the
proceedings of the day. The mope ar.d object of the institu-
tion may be gathered from a brief abstract of ths report of
the committee, which was read to the meeting by the seer.-
tary, Mr. Blair. The report stated, that feeling the importance
altering some ground of united efforts in sound protestant
eyeing Aical principles, the society had been formed, and pro-
posed to employ a number of missionaries and agents well
acquainted with the habits and circumstances of their
hilow.contrymen ; and that one of the earliest steps
taken by the committee was the appointment of
three sub-committees for the Italian, German, and
French breaches, and, in reference to the first, en union had
been effected between this society and the London Italian
Society, and an asylum for poor Italian b.ys had been
opened in Sidotouthwitreet. Gray's-inn-load, where they re-
mired a seriptund as well es an useful education. The
other, via., the German and French branches, had also en-
gaged the attention of the society. The total receipts of the
society, since its formation in September last, amounted to
lOU Be. 2d., and its actual disbursements to 2381. 9s. 41d.,
leaving a balance of Mt. 18e. 91d., from which certain office
expense.' had to he defrayed •• so that the expenses of the
current year had to be provided for. On the motion of the
Honourable W. Cowper, MS. seconded by the Rev. Ridley
Hereehell, the report was adopted, and ordered to be printed
and circulated.

NOllBllOllB Flags. Yesterday morning, about
3 o'clock, a fire broke out on the premists of Mr. George
Cave, a harnese-maker, in Kingsland-road. The workshop
and its coatents were destroyed, and the back-rooms of the
dwelling severely damaged. The adjoining house, No. 44,
woe also injured. The premises were insured.—A fire
broke out between 8 sod 9 last night, on the premises of
Mr. Moritz, fancy Bee in wool-worker, 130, New Bond.
street The flames were got under before they had ex-
tended beyond the shop in which they originated. The
damage done, however, is considerable ; for the stock in
trade and fixtures are nearly destroyed, and the shop par-
tially burnt out.
INQEFATS, YESTERDAT.—SUICIDE OF A MOTHER
WITH THE MISMDZIR Or Hitt INFAXT.—Before Mr. C. J.
Canter, at the Duke of Sussex, Woolwich, on the
body of Elizabeth Sadler, aged T 2 years, a married woman
who destroyed herself and infant by leaping into the river from;
the Saleette hulk, lying off Woolwich dockyard. The de-
ceased was the wife of John Sadler, quartermaster of the
Actmon, who had been absent from England nearly three
years. During Iris absence she cohabited with ama
named Joh-. Robinson, captain's cook of the Bloodhoand
steam-verael, by whom she had one child, the deceased
infant. The fact of her husband being shortly expected
home preyed upon her mind, and on Tuesday last,
between one and two o'clock, she jumped overboard
from the &Ilene with the infant in her arms.
She was intoxicated at the time. A stoker belong-
ing to the Bloodhound, named W. Rowe, iromediatey
plunged in after her, but she had disappearei.
The jury retnrosti a verdict " That the deceased
destroyed herself while in a fit of intexication."—
SIIICIDE.—Before Mr. W. Baker, coroner, at the Roe-
buck public-house, Ilacknev-road, on view of the body
of Richard Matthew*, aged 64 years, a perfumer and glass-
blower, of Caro ine.place Bethnal-green. The deceased
had for some time past been very much depressed in
mind in conaajnence of his son leaving him, and entering
into partnership with another man, who solicited the
customers of the deceased. His business had decreased very
much in consequence. On Friday night last he rartook of
• very hearty supper, and went into the yard. He returned
shortly afterwards to the parlour, when he suddenly staggered
and fell to the ground. He expired before a surgeon arrived.
A post morfem examination of the body wu made, and a
large quantity of prussic acid was discovered in the contents
of the stomach, which was quite suflicient to cease death.
The jury returned an open verdict—" That the deceased
died from the effects of prussic acid, but bow ad-
ministered there was not sufficient evidence to show."—
DEATH FHOY INTOXICATION.—Before Mr. Baker, at the
Horn of Plenty, Globe-road, Mile-end-road, on the body of
Abraham Hand, aged 29, a pig-jobber. Stepney-green.
The deceased was constantly in a state of intoxication. Oa
Sunday morning last he drank au immoderate quantity of
brandy, which brought on delirium treutens. He was very
violent, and dragged his wife from the house into the street,
and was in the act of stabbing her with a knife, when •
police-constable interfered, and conveyed him to Mile-end
workhouae, where be expired en the following Wednesday.
Mr. Storey, a surgeon, *sad he had no doubt that the deceased
had died from the eff,cts of intemperance. A verdict was
returned accordingly.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Aram 28.
The bulletin issued this morning respecting the
illness of the Lord Lieutenant was to this effect:—
" Nine o'clock, A.M.—His excellency continues in a
very precarious state." The anxiety of the public to
learn his exact state caused a second bulletin to be
issued in the afternoon, as follows :—" 21 o'clock, P.M.
—His excellency continues in the same precarious
state." I have been assured that a medical gentleman
in attendance on his excellency has stated, to-day,
that, though he may live for a day or two, recovery is
impossible. Several balls and parties, appointed for
this and the ensuing week in Dublin, have been post-
poned, in consequence of his excellency's illness.
As the Ist of May approaches, the country gentle-
men grow nervous on the question of reduction. The
relief committee of Killarney have memorialised the
Lord Lieutenant who, unhappily, can take no cogni-
sance of the question, to suspend the execution of the
order of final dismissal at least until the 22nd of May.
In Connaught, also, resolutions have been made be the
Ballinasloe committee, praying the Board of Works
to rescind the order altogether, and continue the
public works until " government proceeds to make
trunk lines for railways —river and navigation im-
provements begin in summer under the board—re-
productive works under the recent acts, by the land-
lords—and various other modes, to withdraw the
population more gradually to the side of their own
and the public improvement.
The speech of Lord John Russell on the education
question, and his sympathies with the schoolmaster,
have been felt by a very large, tolerably intelligent,
but most ill-requited class, the Irish teachers under
the National Board. A meeting of the teachers in
the county of Cork was held in the city on Saturday,
to oonsider hew their salaries might be raised to the
level of snbaiatenoe. The salaries vary from 81. to
201.—the highest figure inviittair few competent men
to contest the educational m, even in cheaper
times than the present. Zany of them in the
country districts have closed their schools, and ac-
cepted small offices under the Board of Works. The
Cork section will petition the Education Board for an
increase, and parliament to enable the" board to be
more liberal.