The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

ANOTHER FATAL INSTANCE of the culpable inconsiderate-
nem of sums mothers has just occurred in Liverpool. On I
Thursday afternoon, Rebecca Jones, the wife of a labourer,
being about to attend a funeral, obtained some laudanum
front a neighbour, whom she knew to be in the habit of
giving it to her children to make them quiet ; and, without
making any enquiry as to the quantity she should admi.
sister, gave from a quarter to half a teaspoonful of the nar-
cotic to her infant, which was only five months old, for the
avowed and sole purpose of keeping it quiet during her ab-
sence. When she returned in three hours afterward', the
infant wss awake, and she gave it the breast ; but ft imme.
distil). became convulsed, and died in a few hours, notwith.
standug that medical aid was called in, and every exertion
used to counteract the effects of the opiate. An inquest was
held upon the body on Friday, and a verdict was returned of
" Chance medley."
MT. °ATTLEE has CHALLENGED MT. BRIGHT to disc=
the following propositions :—" 1. That it is a delusion to
suppose that the factory children can be educated under the
present system of twelve hours' daily labour. 2. That it is
a fallacy to suppose that a reduction of the hours of labour
from twelve to ten per day will cause a reductina of ' one-
sixth or one-seventh' in the wages of persons whose labour
is thus reduced." _

,-.17;;;•;1TC THE LIVERPOOL Emelt...MM.—At !the an-
nual meeting yesterday of the Exchange proprietors, M. J.
Glesitnn, Esq., the chairman, announced that, in compli-
ance with a request made by the committee and the mer-
chants of the town, the Admiralty have resolved to present
the news-room with an entire copy of all their maps,
numbering about 4000.
IRISH ENIGEANTS IN MANCHESTER. —lt is a re-
markable fact, that, notwithstanding a large infiax of Irish
paupers and mendicants into this t iwn during the last few
weeks, they have scarcely at all applied for relief to the
board of guardians to this union. During the present week
only seventeen Iri.h families have applied to the board, who
have resided in Manchester for a shorter period than three
months. Perhaps this fact may be accounted for by the
vigi;ant and careful inquiries which the guardians cause to
be mate into the circumstances of every applicant, and to
their invariably requiring labour in return for relief, from
all who seem capable of performing it. Manchester
Guardian.

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REPREPENTATION or~
TAIIWOaTH.—It IS currently re-
ported in this locality, that Mr. William Peel, oat the part
of the Protectionists, has determined to oppose his brother,
Sir Robert Peel, at the next election; and likewise, in
the event of his doing so, that Captain Townshend will
contest the seat with Captain A'Court. We give this
rumour as it has reached us; but the idea of opposition
to the right honourable bonnet from such a quarter, seems
to us so monstrously absurd, that, fur the sake of Mr. William
Peel, we should be sorry to vouch for its correctaess.—Bir-
',gingham Journal.

MANGOLD WlTYLTiElLii6ri7fileNottinghans Journal
says :—" A fortnight ago, we inserted a letter recommending
the use of bread made from a composition of wheaten flour
and mengold wurtzel, and giving the proportions of each
and directions for the manufacture. Mr. J. Baines, a cot-
tager, at Oxton, In this county (who has grown some mangold
wurtzel upon a patch of ground which he occupies), has
made some bread according to the receipt published, and,
having found it a very nutritious end palatable food, he
brought a sample of it for inspection and trial to out office.
We have examined and tasted it, and can most ccnfidently
recommend it in this time of dearth to general adoption.
The proportions used are 241 b. of dour to 211 b. of mangold
wortsell, with berm and Milt, as used in the common mode
of making bread. All that is necessary to be done to the
marigold wurtzell is to clean it well, crate it, and then let it
drain on a colander or hair sieve. Water need not be added
to the mixture, as there is sufficient moisture in the root
without it. The bread must be made and baked in all re.
•ns like other bread. A loaf containing the proportions
ab,ove mentioned will weigh, when baked, 41b. 10ox., thus
1 ' only 2os. in the baking. The wet is nearly one-third
less than the breed usually sold."
NORFOLK.

Rsranstarrsvion 0;14411.77Cm.—0ur Conservative fel-
low-citizens are, we hoar, in no degree unanimous in their
support of ths Marquis of Douro. Indeed, it is said that
some gentlemen are oven now in the metropolis on that sub-
bect. The Marquis, we bear, has the support of Mr. Bignold,
ut many others of the leaders do not hesitate to say they
put no faith in his Lordship's political sincerity.—A emir?,
Mercury.

Abe Boum
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—WO Mid begin the few
words we sin say respecting last night's performance by re-
peating the complaint, made by ostracises and some of our
contemporaries, of the wearisome lateness of the hour to
which the entertainments of this theatre are protracted.
Last night two pieces, the one of two and the other of three
sets, lasted from half-past seven to a quarter pest twelve ;
and we observed that the boxes and stalls were half empty
before the last piece was over, a circumstance which
ought to convince the management of the inexpediency
of continuing the practice. The lint piece was " Louis-
ette, ou, La Chanteuse des Bass," a pretty Vaudeville,
In which the principal part Wm performed very charmingly
by Mlle. Clarifier. 'The ire coed piece was "Le Barbier du
Rot d'Arragon," which ken been. made popular in France
by the admirable acting of Leonine. It is absurdly extra-
vagant in subject and plot, and is remarkable for two or
three scenes which seem to have been written t• show off his
peculiar talent. A scene. in which the king's barber,
moved by jealous hatred, is preparing to murder the king
while he se shaving him, is one of those trogi-comic exhibi-
tions of the extremity of mental disorder of which this ex-
traordinary actor only is capable. The theatre was well
attended ; but the piece would have gone off with more
spirit had it finished at an earlier hour.
LYCEUM.—A new flute, called the " Wigwam,"
was produced here last evening, with success. The leading
idea is happy ; consisting of an incongruous admixture of
Indian manners and eastern' with London associations. To
this end the plot—which is slight enough, although entinient
for the purpose—is made subservient. Mr. Eramstsr Lob-
o:owe (Mr. F. Matthews), has emigrated from Lorton to
Canada to avoid a legal prosecution, and becomes domes-
ticated 'Meng a tribe of Indiana, adopting even their cos-
tume and paint; end assuming the name of Fonsfleagspow.
His wife and daughter proceed in quest of him, and
also the lover of the later., Mr. Ploy& Plimpton,
(Mr. Keeley), who discovers the tribe by accident,
and is compelled to follow the exempte of hie father-ia-law
elect. This is the main point of the piece: Keeley, as a
North-American Indian, was If course irresistible, and
brought the house down continually. He is so far forgetting
his old engagement as to contract a new one with an Indian
girl, named Corn, when the ladies appear on the scene,
which leads to everything being discovered and arranged
amicably. Mies Mary Keeley was effective en the Indian
rl. The dialogne is well written, and pointed occasionally.
The force was announced (Sr repetition without dissent, and
will doubtless be frequently acted.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.
Desun.—At the Rupptemente% Degree Examination, in Mary
Tenn, MI:, cooden parsed Am the degree ns number
of nuerieulat in Trinity Colle7e, during the pest year, was 392.
The toed number of Mudents at present is 1,897. The &Moe
lentewer lee elven totter that for the Mum, the mane to be m-
ashed in, at the entrances for mediation into the unlrersity, will
eannist of the follow-his books r —Greek —Pint throe books of tha
Aminels aflettophon, Gospel" at El& Luke and John, and Ads of
thei Ywness. Latin—Yin! three books of : Bra six Omits of
ths Amid d VirsiL This Moiler course not to apply to the three
mat mamma to July, October, and November, at which alone ths
suiteliftse are clamed In the order of merit, and at which they will
be seamined in the peewit lower comer. Candidates, not maims
of Ireland, are at rill times entitled to a private examination in the
shorter retractor soars.—The Iter. Arthur Irwin, 18. A., has been
=led by the Crown to the Deanery of Ardlert, vacant by the
of Me Very Rey. Gilbert Holmes, D D.