The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-22 00:00:00

INDEPENDENCE OF HUNGARY.

MEETING AT STAFFORD.

A numerous mooting_ of the burgesses of Stafford
was held in the Comity in that town oe Monday to
express their sympathy with the Hungarian nation in their
present struggle spinet the Reasians. The chair was taken
b 7 the Mayor, JANIS TIIWOCY, Eq.. at 7 o'clock. In
the proceedings.
"fflotigHATOß Minded to the partithlan of the peseta
pointing eat the reasons why that nation hal a FLt'thst=gides this country ; and impend bill
Is the recth bevelitioa which led
Mated ft hiss this meeting.
The Hes. Mr. STEERS earth forward to move the ant
beast Ws The nano why this meeting, and suet meg,
rails
se Mash he seal. bed hem held, was Lot a defies le
threlto theallein of iireign nations, or to interfere In
englingllM eases, but the desire of England was to see
ffeistops la pease ; and it was with reference to this end that
then ezpressises of public opinion, that mighty engines
which had been always so efficacious in all great questions
twee font the world, bad been called forth. He
Hateght that if the chivalrous spirit of the Hungarian
maim were grafted upon the stack of European society
pea !benefit would sense to Europe from that intermixture.
Me was en slash a lover of peace, although be detested war
M sandt so say the. as to my that war was the greatest evil.
No; bi lima& that the crushing of such a nation as the
Hmearian, whose history was full of so many stifling remi-
nieeseees, and so many noble deeds, was a much greater evil
than any war. The rev. gentleman concluded by moving
the folowing neohatioe:
"That this meeting views with the deepest respect end
sympathy the present struggles of the Hungarian nation for
the right of self-government, which they hid foe many Cen-
turies wisely exercised; and forth(' pledges itself by every
legitimate and propa means to testify such sympathy, and
to support the cause of the Hungarian people."
Tee Rev. Mr. HILL seconded the resolution. He was
delighted to see all parties and all sects uniting, not only at
the meeting, but also all through the kiagdom, to express
their sympathy with struggling liberty.
Mr. METRYARD, who wm greeted on his appearance
by repeated cheering, came forward to move the next re, .M-
-tise. He thought that he could not better introduce him-
self to the meeting than by reading to theta the prayer of
Norma over the dead bodies of the Hungarians slain fight-
ing for their country's freedom, which was received by the
meeting with repeated and enthusiastic cheering. The boo.
gentlemen then proceeded to describe to the meeting the de-
tails of this struggle up to the present moment. The hon.
gentlemen concluded by moving the following resolution :
" That this meeting solemnly protests against the inter-
ference of Rosen, and the slaughter by her armies of the
Hungarian people, who had in no way given any reuse for
woe; and further, to express their abhorrence of the in-
Stems cruelties and crimes committed by the Austrian
generals and troops upon a brave people, who have resorted
to arms only as a last resource to maintain the indefeasible
right of all men—self-government. And, also, that this
meeting 'apneas if- admiration of the great generals and
statesmen, who have so nobly directed the Hungarian cause
—Kossuth, Gomm, Bens, Dembinski, Aulich, end others :
and fervently desires that a condonation of the sense resolute
wisdom and undismayed courage which have hitherto distin-
guished their efforts, by the divine seesaws may be brought
to a succesefel issue."

Mr. COOPER rose to move—
" That a petition be prepared, to be signed by the ch3ir-
man of this meeting, humbly to petition her Most Gracious
Majesty, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affiirs,
to acknowledge the independence of Hungary, sad to take
such massacres u in her wisdom she may think most fit is
maintain the rights of the Hungarians as • free people."
He begged to ecogratelate Stafford on this expression of
opin,on open each • mighty struggle, which was so
nearly connected with the question of our own liberties
and freedom.
Mr. PEPLOW seconded the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolutions, which were
carried unanimously amidst loud cheering.
After • vote of thanks to the Mayor for his conduct in the
chair, the meeting separated, with three cheers for the
Hungarians, and three groans for Russia, heartily given.

EXECUTION Ow TIIE MURDERESS GEERlNG.—Yes-
tardily the, execution of Mary Ann Gaming, who was found
guilty, at the Lewis anises, of the murder of Benjamin
Ueoung, her husband, by the aciministriuou of arsenic, took
place, at Lower. On Thursday last the wretched woman
confessed to the chaplain that she was guilty of the murder
of her husband, and she subsequently, by little and little,
stated to him that she had also administered arsenic to her
eons James and John, who had died of the effects of it,
and that she afterwards attempted to destroy her
son Benjamin by the same means, but he recovered.
The drop had boss greeted inside the gaol, but abutting on
the street, which runs parallel with the wall, and facing an.
othe t e t which runs at right angles. There was not a
very large crowd, there not being more than from three to
four thousand people, which comprised, as usual on these
cc. aaions the seam of the population. At a quarter to 12
o'clock Mr. Ciill and Mr. Palmer, the under-sheriffs, accom-
panied by Calcraft the executioner, proceeded to the con-
demned cell. The prisoner was sitting at the aide
of the bed, wringing her hands, and appearing to
be la great agony of dad. Caleraft placed the halter
on the bed, and then proceeded to plums the culprit—
an operation which she submitted to parively, occasion-
ally ejaculating "Oh Lewd Jesus, have mercy oa me."
Whmi the planning was completed, she complained that
the rope hurt her wrist, and Celerity loosened it a little,
so ne to vase her. Tillie optratios, performed, she was led
te tae bus wt tue module, the chaplain reading the burial
service, and the prisoner continuing to utter fervently the
I pills; Lord, bare mercy on me." She walked with a
pretty arm step, but in ascending the steps of the scaffold
she faltered, and wee supported by two turnkeys. When
she arrived at the top of the scaffold a murmur ran throagh
the crewel, but there was no nand save that. Calends drew
the cap over her face, then adjusted the rope and drew the
bolt, and the guilty womdn died. The crowd, after gazing
on the speetaca fcr • few minutes, slowly dirpersed.

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STATE OF ORATZTARDS IN CLERKENWELL.—In no
plies is • reform more necessary than in the district ef
Cleskenwell, where they are completely hemmed in and
closely abutted on, on all sides, by dwelinr hour s and
workshops, in many easels deriving light and ventilatiox
solely from these pestilential graveyards. The overcrowded
state of one of them has been made the subject of a govern-
ment commission (I allude to Spafields) ; the Ohne (four)
are scarcely in a better condition ; an examination of thins is
imperatively aromas ry. My attention, as district surveyor,
has lately been ruled to the state of the vaults in St. James's
church, where, through quite open gratings, piled in rows,
are to he seen coffins seven or eight deep; the graveyard is
literally crammed. Strange to say, interments still go on.
Extensive workshops are being erected on the adjoining pro-
pertles. The attention of government is now being directed
to this subject, and the nuisance must be sumer-ally dealt
with. Any further interments shoul I be interdicted, the
anul•e sealed, and two tint of concrete placed over the grave.
yards.—The Builder.
CRIME IN STOCKPORT.— Tho Stockport Mercury
says: "At the adjourned sessions held at Knutsford on
Monday last, the calendar contained the names of 70 prisoners
or upwards for trial from the county; the number in custody
charged with offences committed during • period of six
weeks. In this calendar we find on examination that only
two of the prisoners in the list have been sent from the
borough of Stockport for trial at then seniors. And be it
remembered that the population of the Cheshire side of our
borough amounts to upwards of 4.5,000, and the Heaton
Norris aide to about 13,000, making a total of 53,000
persons. There is not a single individual for hid at either
Salford or Kirkdale, and only one person, we believe, was
sent from the borough for trial at the lest Salford Sessiocs.
How does this happen ? Are the pimple in other portions
of the county where there are fewer inhabitatin, morally
ROM than thaw of Stockport in this awful proportion ? Or
is the system of g:svernment of the police, or the adminirtra-
tion of justiw, different in Stockport to that of otter parts
of the county ? To whatever canto this disparity of commit-
meats is attributable, it is very satisfactory, and the more so
as the decrease is, we believe, a true index of the state of
crime within the h, as we are happy to say, that such
things as burglaries, hussy robberies, and along eats-
borol
Issue dotter serious es with which our ears were for-
merly astounded an scarcely ever heard of latterly."
MELANCHOLY DeATII3. A few days since, Mr.
James Staples, builder, of Leicester, and his eon, James, a
clerk in the bank of Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, left home for
a pleasure trip to France. On Sunday morning, while at
Boulogne, the former was seized with etolera, upon which
he drank some brandy ; but finding that this did not afford
him relief, be sent for a medical practitioner, who attend:d
him, bat unavailingly, for he died in the evening of the
day above named. On Monday evening, the corpse, en-
closed in a coffin, was placed on board a steamer, to be con-
veyed to this country, under the care of the son of the de-
canted, who, however, himself died on Tuesday morning.
The holy of MrStaples, gen., was brought on to Folkestone ;
and thence conveyed to this town by rail, on Thursday
morning. It was buried in St. George's churchyard in
presence of a large number of spectators. In the course
of Wednesday, a message was forwarded to Boulogne
to say that, should the body of the younger Mr. Staples
not have been seat away, it was desired that it
should be buried in the Cemetery there. The landlady of
the house (the British Hotel), where Messrs. Staples were
lodging, has also since died ; and it has bona &Med by the
math-aides. What adds to the melancholy nature of these
deaths, is the fact that Mr. Staples has left • family of seven
fatherless children, while in the prime of life and energy,
and in the midst of a successful business career.—Leicester
Chronicle.
INQUEST.—ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAlL-
war.—Before Mr. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, at the
Cutts Inn, Woolwich, on the body of Hannah Murphy,
aged 64. The deceased and her husband had come down
1 from London to spend the day, and went to the terminus of
the railway at Woolwich shortly before half-put 3in the
evening, and had taken tickets for London. The down train
to Oravesmd arrived about 26 minutes past 8, and was just
starting when the deceased, who was slightly under the in-
fluence of liquor, attempted to get in, mistaking it for the
up-train, and fell between two of the carriages. Four of the
carriages passed over her, crushing her chest and arm in a
dreadful manner, and caused her momentary death. The
train was stopped about 20 yards from the spot. The only
question before the jury was, whether the door of the car-
Ana into which the desoomed attempted to enter was open—
the party with the deems& maintaLaieg that it was i while
Mr. Remington, the etation-master, and the porter, inaisted
it was shut. The coroner, in summing up, remarked on the
excellent manner in which the arrangement. of the South
Eastern Railway were conducted. The jury returned a vet-
diet of " Auld/Mel ;USA."