The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-16 00:00:00

THE REGISTRATIONS.

Losnox.—Yesterday the court was chiefly occupied
with the parish of St. El•atolph,Aldgete, in which there were
no less than 161 objections. During the sitting, the lists
of tl:c following parishes were also disposed of : St. Mary,
Whitechapel ; St. Michael, Cornhill ; St. Peter-upon-Corn-
hill, and St. Wave, Hart-street. The cases were all of the
ordinary character. The day's proceedings shoeed the fol-
lowing result: Liberal objections sustained, 34; failed or
withdrawn, 7l): Tory objections sustained, 157 ; failed 106 :
double objections sustained, 22 ; failed, 4 : Liberal claims
sustained, 1 ; failed, 9. The lists of five parishes only now
remain to be gore through; and Mr. Arnold expects to ter-
minate his protracted labours either this evening or in good
dine on Saturday.
MIDDLESEX.—The Revising Barrister (slr. Shad-
well) held his court yesterday at the Green Man, Bethnal-
green, and revised the lists for Hackney, Shoreditch, Beth-
nal-green, Norton Folgate, and the Old Artillery-ground.
The only 0. C 1.1911 of the slightest interest or novelty was the
retention of the statue of a Mr. Harrison in the Hackney list
who lived in his freehold, and paid the rates and taxes (the
house carrying a vote for the borough), but who stated that
he had underlet the house all Lady-day last, and now merely
occupied apartments in it as the lodger of his tenant.

GERMAN lIOSCITAL.—The first anniversary of the
opening of this hospital, at Dalston, was celebrated yester-
dav, by the performance of Divine Worship in the chapel
stixched to the institution, after which an appropriate ser-
mon was preached by the Her. Dr. Kupar. The Chevalier
Bunsen, Madame Bunsen, and family, with several other
distinguished Germans, were presznt on the occasion, and
took the opportunity of making an inspection of the whole
establishment, which appears to bo conducted in the best
possible manner. There are at present only about forty
to-door patients, but there is accommodation for 300, includ-
ing whom and the out-door patients relieved by the dis-
pensary, &c., the institution is calculated to extend relief to
1,200 sufferers. The Sisters of Mercy who have been brought
from Germany to attend upon the sick, and some of the
eonsalescent patients were also present during Divine Ser-
vice, the former wearing_ a very neat uniform dress.
THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN DISCUTE.--Sif —I beg
to oar you the following remarks on the correspondence from the
&ale in year paper of yesterday. There is no foundation whatever in
gee awned necrosity of the consent of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg
liartitute the hereditary right of the route of the Danish Crown
Mese to all the present dominions of the Danish crown. A Lustily
to, like the one supposed does not exist, anal it would require but
very little knowledge of Danish and German public law, and of the
=the countries in question, to prose the atter futility of this
It in altogether a wanton and malicious fabrication.—Tae
Box OF A NATIVE OW SCHLEIWIE.

GENERAL ALARM OF FIRE THROUGHOUT LON-
noN.—Ahout half-past five o'clock Wednesday morning,
information reached every engine-station in the metropolis
that a very extensive conflagration was raging in the direc-
tion of Blackwell. The horizon at that time presented all
the appearances of being illuminated by the glare of some
tremendous tire. Tho river for miles looked like burnished
gold, the dome of St. Paul's and the windows at the water
side of Somerset House, were completely lighted up ; in-
deed, the Litter building appeared as if the interior was
encircled in flames. The firemen declare that such a light
was never before witnessed by them. Seven engines of the
London brigade, with those of the County and West of
England offices, instantly started in search of the supposed
scene of conflagration. After travelling for some distance,
it at length became apparent that the extraordinary light in
the sky was caused from nothing else than the rising of the
sun in the east, and the engines were sent back again to
their several stations.—Stan.
Ixtsu DesiTlTTlON.—Extract from a letter from
the County Cork, dated I'th inst. :
We are in a tire-dial state here. The people are on the verge of
starvation. It is puce a e4M111.111 thing for persons not to taste food
for twenty-four anu thirty hours, and their looks prove it. lam a
member of the Relief Committee for this parish, and have been work-
ing fur them sirce the 11th of May lust; and durir.,t the last month or
alr weeks it his been really hard work. On Saturday I was at the
e barrack ham ten to foar, Iran six to seven, and (as more meal
-wed) from eight to nine o'clock. We have a population of 7,0.10;
Ald with the exception of ten or twelve farmers, who are only pot
imalbstably '4 the people are all poor or needy. There la nothing
of a gentleman residing in the parish, except the two
he two Mimeo Catholic priests, aced your humble servant.
e work to be done under the new Act. Thirty men were
work on Monday, and one hundred yesterday ; and we hopesoon
see five hundred employed; but even that large number will not
Lad to half that want it, We sell not low than half a clone of
at the police barrack; and Mrs. i doing all she can by get-
few stones of meal up to thehouse, and letting the very distressed
e hare it in quarts and pints. She makes soup for them twice a-
; aid she requests me to say, that a shilling alit come is a letter,
would sate a dozen children from a/orriny fur a day.
THE REPEAL RENT.—Sir,—I am rather surprised
; the uewspapers, that at the weekly meetings of the Re-
Alan, held In Dublin (although there is every prospect of a
want of provisions, and great scarcity of money), that a
is collected weekly as Repeal rent. Would it not be better
'Connell, in place of putting the money in the bank (which
ad loot present done), to put it In immeiliwe use, and advise
e that no more money will be accepted until the immediate
the people are satisfied I—l am, sir, yours, A Lerma or six
i—as ialllllitAX.—Dunhrmline, 10th Oct., 1548.
iTPTIAN MANI:RE--A vessel just arrived in the
'mm Alexandria has brought, in addition to 261 tons
of animal bones, the large quantity of 3753 baskets of
' dung. This extensive arrival is not of the descric-
sours known by the name of guano, otherwise, it is
it would have been so termed its the report of the
enporting the article. It would appear, however,
the description given above, that it possesses the qua-
il, or is of the kind of merchandise, similar to the
which has of late been so extensively supplied or
from the islands in the Southern and South Atlan•
-tans, between the African and South American coasts.
importation, and the apparent novelty of the article,
;used, causes it to be of interest to those concerned in the
of the manure called guano, which is the evacuation
:use of the penguin bird, abounding in the southern
ON THE THAMES.—Yesterday morning, be-
and 8 o'clock, one of the large sailing barges, laden
caught fire from the heavy rain having entered
slacked the lime. An immense body of smoke
arose, and the men being. unable to extinguish
scuttled the barge opposite Messrs. Lee and
Ae's wharf, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, where at
. water only the masts of the vessel were visible. Upon
tide going down an attempt was made to empty the I
but even then the heat of the lime was most oppressive.
TIRACULOra ESCAPE.—On Tuesday evening, a
un travelling by the mail train on the London and
Veetern Railway, had a most wonderful escape from
slily injury, if not from death. The train was pro-
t a very great speed, and, when within a short dis-
the Willesden station, a policeman observed some
leap out of a carriage and clamber up the embank-
An alarm was given, and the policeman, with two
of the company's servants, went in pursuit. The
tent in the direction of some plantations, but, find-
s pursued, he doubled, and approached the rail-
and eventually, after a long chase, was caught very
near the spot where he took his dangerous leap. He seemed
to have sustained no inktry, and had on no article of dress
upon him save boots and trousers, having divested himself of
the remainder while in the carriage. On his being conveyed
to the Buten-square station, a servant was in waiting for
him, and it is suppoeed that insanity was the cause olithe rash
and dangerous adventure.

THE ST. PANCRAS CASE.— Sir,—Much obloquy
lie lately been esat upon me In your and oatnewspapers, in come-
mime
theme
made rooter Cooper, when he was examined
helm the Directors of the of Wait Pancras, relative to the
verdict of the coroner', Jury, in the COW of Mary Ann Jones, tram
which hams In erred that on more than one occasion I had hal to
act LI beams a gentleman towards Mr. Cooper. The annexed
eztraet from the directors' minutes contains Mr. Cooper's explana-
tion of his tenser statenserits, and shows that the chance made
'gained me are wholly unfounded. I therefore trust you will do me
the justice to publish this communkstlon in your journal.-1 have the
honour to be, Sir, your moot obedient servant, James Bowel:MIL
Camden Town, Oet. It, 1846.
Ala meeting of the Directors st the Poor of Saint Pancras, held
on the 6th October, 1816, Mr. Cooper, surgeon, and Mr. Lea, mailer,
being in attendance, were called in. When the chairman called the
attention of the board to the recent Investigation relative to the ease
of Mary Ann Jones, and the reasons assigned by Mr. Cooper for not
baring called the attention of the directors to what he considered
objectionable in the state and management of the workhouse, namely,
that on his complaint of the manner in which the females inmates
washed themselves. the master told him he had better mind his own
shop, and the chairman did not interfere to plot( et him. And, fur-
ther, that Mr. Ilowoctb, churchwarden, hod ultoil him, and when
required to sa y in what way, he answered, by giving his casting vote
I Valiant him. —The Master stated he used these words, but it was in
his own private room.—Mr. Cooper mid the words were used in the
board room, but he never meant to my that Mr. Howotth was the
chairman on the occasion alluded to, and never said so.—
The minutes of the board were referred to, from which it appeared
that Mr. Uowort WU not the chairman on that OCC.MiOII. Mr.
Cooper was then inked, whether he considered that Mr. Howorth had
insulted him, because in the exercise of his duty as chairman he had
given a casting vote against him. And whether he could show that
Mr. lloworth had insulted him in any other way t Mr. (toper stated
that he bad spoken under excitement, and licicgod to my that be re-
tracted the observation.

THE NEW ITALIAN OPERA.—The Chronirk of
yesterday announces, from " authority," that the prelimi-
naries of this new enterprise have been fully arrantted. Mr.
Beak, the music seller, is the acting manager, and M. Costa
the musical director and conductor. The orchestra is to
consist of eighty performers, and the chores of aixty voices.
Engagements have either been concluded, or are being ne-
gotiated with some of the leading Italian vocalists.

Lo
LORD ItOSSE'B TELESCOPE. The paragraph de-
scribing an attempt to destroy Lord Raise's telescope, " in
the neighbourhood of Armagh," which was transferred to
our columns—with a doubt (tor the reason that the gigantic
instrument is fitted up at Parsoastown, King's County,
above a hundred miles from Armagh), turns out to be incor-
rect. A correspondent writes to us that he visited the teles-
cope the day after the alleged outrage, and beard nothing of
it. The report originated in a detailed statement supplied
to the Belfast Chronicle, under the signature of the manager
of thy Armagh bank. Perhaps, however, it is not wholly
unfounded. The injury may have bean done, as suggested
in the Morning Chronicle of yesterday, to the telescope
of the Rev. Dr. Robinson, of Armagh, the well-known
astronomer.

LE VERRIEK'S PLANET.—Mr. Lassell, of Liverpool,
communicates the following results of his observations of the
new planet to the Times:
On the 3rd Mitt, whilst viewing this object with my large C 111.13.
torial, during bright moonlight, and through a muddy ani tremulous
sky, I suspected the existence of a ring rand the planet; and on
surveying it again for some time on Saturday evening Last, in the
absence of the moon, and under better, though still not very favour.
able atmospherical circumstances, my suspicion was so etrougly mn.
tinned of the reality of the ring, as well as of thi existence of an
acennpansing satellite, that I am induced to request you as early as
possible to put the observations before the public. The telescope
used is an equitorially mounted Newtonian reflector, of 20 feet focus,
and 24 inches aperture, and the powers used were various, from 316
to sb. At about 81 hours, mean time, I observed the planet to have
apparently a very obliquely situated ring, the major axis being
seven or eight times the length of the minor, and having a dim-
' tints nearly at right angles to a parallel of declination. At tae
distance et about three diameters of the dish of the plane., north-
wards, and nut far from the plane of the ring, but a little following
it, was situate a minute star, having every appearance of a satellite.
I observed the planet again about two hours later, sad winced the
same appearances, but the altitude had then declined so much that
they were not so obvious My impression certainly was that the sup-
posed satellite had somewhat approached, but I cannot positively
insert it. With reswet to the exigence of the ring, I am not able
absolutely to declare it, but I received so many impressions of it,
always in the lame form and direction, and with all the different me g.
nifring powers that I feel a very strong persuasion that nothing but
a liner state of atmosphere is necessary to enable me to verity the
discovery. Of the existence of the star, having every aspect of a
satellite, there is not the shadow of a doubt. After wants I turned the
telescope to the Georgium Sidus, and remarked that the brightest two
of his satellites were botp obviously brighter than this small star
accompanying Le Venice's planet"

_
WEST GLOUCESTERSIIIRE REPR ESENTATION.—
Esteemed Frierel,—Permit a "daily" reader, and a West Glintoester-
shire elector, a corner in thy valuable paper to offer a few remarks
on the subject PO prominently brought before the public, by Grantley
P. Berkeley's published letter. I readily admit the faintest and per_
. tinence of thy strictures on that letter, as affecting both the character
and position of the member fur West Gloucestershire and his conati.
' tuenta, but 1 am anxious to possess the public of a few further par-
ticulars, in the hope or removing from the independent electors of the
division at least some of the stigma which must, from the exparte
statements already published, attach to them. On Grandes Y.
Berkeley's introduction to, and election by, the Liberal party of West
Gloueestemthire, his professed political principles obtained, as I think
they to a considerable extent merited, the approbation of his consti_
tomtit generally, and I believe lam warranted in saying, from some
knowledge of the sentiments and feelings of no small portion of the
independent electors in the severe contest of 1832, that he was elected
then us having the contWenee of the party generally, without its
being in the most remote degree suspected that he was put into this
position to become, instead of their representative, the nominee and
autoin ton of his eider brother, Lord Fitzliardinge. We have how-
ever, his own confesion of the fact, and it appears to me that if such
was agrccil upon previous to his election, or, if after his election,
he thus consented to become the representative of his elder
brother only, he ought, in either ease, In honour to have
apprised his ignorant constituents of the fact, that they might have
known the exact state of the case, and have acted accordingly. Though
I believe a large proportion of the Liberal electors of the division have
been trims ignorant of the feet which Grantley F. Berkeley announces
to the world, yet I also well know that since his election in 1011, his
non.representation in parliament of the sentimeiras of a large portion
of his constituents, and especially his conduct on the Free-trade and
Gamelaws, have rendered lam en exceedingly unpopular, that I be-
lieve ell the influence of Iced Fitshardinge and his penmen:it Mends
would be exerted in vain to secure his reelection. I am Informed that
Lord Fitshattlinge Is DO stranger to the existence of this extensive
dissatisfaction, but whether the withdrawal of kis confidence from
Omntley F. Berkeley he the result of this knowledge, or whether it
proceed from mute private cause unconnected with the electors, it Is
not for me to ray : my only object in thus appearing before the public
being to ouleivour to show that by a considerable number of the Li-
beral electors of West Gioucestershire, Grantley F. Berkeley has never
lama accepted us the nominee and sole representative of lard Fitz.
hardinge, and that recently he has no far lost the confidence of many
of his old supporters, as to render Ms re ektUon almost impossible.
In crmeltedon, I put it to Grantley F. Berkeley to consider whether, or
he has openly avowed that on the " field of politics" Ire Mauls pre-
cisely where Lord litzharillnge (not his constituents) placed him, sad
also (at least by inference) expressed his readiness to continue in this
position, his appealing to the independent elector+ of the Western Di-
vision of Gloucestershire fur support at all, can be regarded as other
than a force and an insult —Very respectfully, thy friend,
Almondsbury, 10th Mo., 13, 1016. Josua Myr.

INQUESTS.--TRE MURDER IN SPITALPIELDS.—By
Mr. William Baker, at the Grave Maurice, in the White-
chapel-road, into the death of Daniel Crawley, the particu-
lars of which were fully detailed in our impression on Tues-
day last. On the jury re-assembling yesterday, Mr. John
Wordsworth, house-surgeon at the London Hospital, staled
that he had made a post mortal: examination of the body,
and discovered a small wound about an inch wide and two
inches deep. The knife had divided two of the rib',, and
had penetrated to the heart, which was the cause of his
death. The blow must have been inflicted with great forty.
Other witnesses deposed that both the deceased and the
female Rutty were much intoxicated. Tho jury ultimately
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Anne Sinner,
alias Nancy Ruffy."--DEATH FROM A FALL FROM A YARD-
ARM.—By Mr. W. Baker, at the Spotted Dog, High-street,
Poplar, on the body of Edward Scares, aged 18. On Tues.
day afternoon, deceased, an apprentice on board the ship
Persian. in the West India Duck, fell from the topsail yard-
arm to the deck, a distance of ntarly 40 feet, alighting on
the fore part of his head, which was fearfully crushed in;
ho expired immediately in the arms of one of the sailors
who picked him up. Verdict : " Accidental Death."—
Sumps: OF A BABRISTER.—OR Wednesday evening, by
Mr. Mills, on the body of W. Walker Jordan, Esq., aged
43, a barrister, at deceased's residence, No. 16, Gloucester
road, Regent's-park. For some time past deceased had
laboured under great depression of spirits. lie was visited
by the Rev. Mr. Rigaud, a clergyman of Westminster, to
whom he stated that he considered himself so sinful a man
that tic bad not the slightest chance of salvation in another
world. That religious feeling appeared to operate very
strongly in his mind. He also entertained an opinion thst
his pecuniary difficulties were such that he could never re-
cover from them, although his brother-in-law made use of
every argument to convince him of his error. On Tuesday
morning the report of fire-arms was heard in his dressing-
room, and deceased was found there lying on his back in his
dressing-gown, and his head resting on a carpet bug, placed
no doubt so as to ease his fall. It was found that he had
just discharged the contents of a large horse-pistol into the
chest over the region of the heart. The pistol must have
been very heavily loaded, as it had rebounded from deceased's
hand, and the butt-end penetrated into the plaster of the
wall opposite to the depth of two inches. Deceased was quite
dead, The Coroner remarked that it was very strange that
a man should think himself unfit for another world, and yet
hurry himself into it. Verdict, " that the deceased de-
stroyed himself, being at the time of unsound mind."—
Serernz BY STRANGHLATIOH.—By Mr. Bedford, coroner,
at the Flask Tavern, Ebury-square, Pimlico, on the body of
Ellen Martin, aged 62, a widow. The deceased had grieved
much for her husband, who died about four months ago,
and on Monday she was discovered in her room in a kneeling
position on the floor, withasilkhandkerchief fastened around
her neck, the end of which was tied to the rail of a French
bedstead rather more than 3 feet from the ground. She bad
been dead many hours. Verdict: "Temporary Derangement."
DEATH BY FALLING INTO A COPPRR.—By Mr. W. Payne,
coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of
Robert James Ross, aged 33 years, lately residing at No. 2,
Rose-street, Shoreditch. Deceased was in the employment
of Mr. Germain, silk dyer, of No. 10, Milton-street, City.
On Wednesday afternoon deceased was at work in the dye-
house, where et veral large coppers were generally kept full
of boiling liquid, when the deceased, although against the
rules of the shop, got upon the edge of the logwood copper,
for the purpose of drawing a pail of water from a tank,
and while turning the tap off, he mis-ed Lis footing, and
fell head foremost into the boiling liquid. Ho cried out as
he was falling, " Help me, help me." Several of the work-
men ran to has aid, and seized his left foot, which was the
only part of his person visible. They dragged the poor fel-
low out in a homble condition, the whole of his body being
frightfully scalded and discoloured. He was immediately
carried to the above institution, where he expired in great
agony at an early hour yesterday morning.—Verdict: "Acci-
dental Death," accompanied by a recommendation, suggest-
ing that the copper should be forthwith enclosed with an
iron railing, to prevent the recurrence of 'antler accidents.

REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE;
ON PRIVATE BiLLS.
A select committee of the House of Commons was
nominated on the 30th of April, " to examine the applications
for local acts " during the session ; "to examine especially
in respect to the bills for the erection of new waterworks,
drainage, paying, and improvements, awarding to the recom-
mendations made by the Commistionersot Inquiry into the

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