The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-30 00:00:00

from the sweat of the people's brow, to turn upon them and
taunt them in their hoar of need and misery, instead of being
grateful for their peaceable demeanour, and that such con-
duct only tended to, and it would assuredly produce the
result, that the people of Ireland (no matter a hat their com-
forts or privations) would never rest satisfied until they had
loota 1 every fibre of the blood-stained tithes from the
country.

WALES.
THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE PROM SHIPWRECK is the
object of an active society at Anglesey, the annual report of
which has just been published. From this document we
learn that much real service in the cause of humanity is
effected without any great expenditure of funds, or any
ostentation on the part of those whose exertions have saved
many lives under circumstances of peculiar peril. It seems
that there are five establishments of life boats, numbered
from 1 to 5, and that of these numbers 1,2, and 4, have not
during the year been called into service ; although in the
words of the report the lose of life and property on the south
coast has indeed been great, but in no instance could either
have been prevented or mitigated by any human means. In the
most lamentable of those cases, that of the ship William Tur-
ner, the first knowledge of the event was acquired from the
floating fragments strewed for miles along the shore. On the
night of the 22d March, 1845, the American packet-ship Oak-
lands struck on a most destructive reef of rocks at Crigyll.
Such of the crew as remained with the vessel until low water
(17 in number) were able to walk ashore. Of two others
that took to the boat, one was drowned by the upsetting of
the boat, the other got on the keel, and was drifting to appa-
rent destruction, when a boat put off from the shore and
rescued him. On the same evening the sloop Prosperity,
from Waterford to Liverpool, was driven into Llanddwyn
Bay, where she was boarded under circumstances of much
difficulty and danger, by the Life Boat No. 5, and ail on
board (four in number) rescued from the destruction which
soon after betel the vessel. On the same evening the crew
of No. 5 rendered valuable assistance in saving the crew and
cargo of the schooner Ann and Catherine, stranded in that
neighbourhood at ten a.m. On the 18th December the ship
Frankland, Captain Friend, from Bahia to Liverpool, while
off the middle mouse on the north coast of Anglesea, was taken
aback by a terrific squall from the N. E., and driven close under
the cliffs of Cemmaes Head, where she let go two anchors.
Her perilous situation being made known at Cemmaes,
several persons hurried down with ropes, and with very
great exertions (as testified by Captain Friend) succeeded in
effecting • communication with the ship, and ultimately
landed all the crew, seventeen in number, a short time after
which the ship parted and was dashed to pieces in a few
minutes. The most active of those concerned were remune-
rated by the Liverpool Humane Society, but a warm eulogy
on the conduct of Richard O wen, Robert Griffith, and Owen
Highland, having been made by Captain Friend, your com-
mittee forwarded their names to the central committee who
were pleased to award a silver medal to each. On the 20th
December a vessel dismasted was observed by the Llanddwyn
pilots about nine miles W.S.W, of the boat house ; it was
blowing hard at the time from N.W. with a heavy sea on.
As soon as the crew of the life-boat (No. 5) could be got
together, tho boat was launched and pulled out to the
vessel, which proved to be the Eolus schooner • by
great labour, and with the assistance of another boat,
the vessel was eventually got into safety, for which the crew
of the life-boat were well remunerated by award of the
Carnarvon maceistrates. Early on the morning of the 31st
of December the ship Alhambra, during • gale from the
west, got embayed off Rhoscolyn. In the hope of inducing
her to bring to in a place of safety, • lad named Owen Jones
swam out to an island called Ynys Trews, and held up a
flag. It was r.ever satisfactorily proved whether it was in
consequence of such signal or not that the ship did come to
anchor, but the gallant conduct of Owen Jones was proved
beyond a doubt, and, on the recommendation of your com-
mittee, the "central committee" have awarded him a silver
medal. Much real heroism is often displayed by the humble
men who undertake the duty of manning the life-boats.
Annexed to the report is a return, which shows that the
number of persons saved by the agents of this local institu-
tion, or by other means, for which rewards have been given
from the commencement, 1829, to January 1, 1846. Total
saved, 223; number rewarded, 318; amount of rewards,
413/. Ils. 6d, and two gold and fourteen silver medals.
PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE.
MR. MACREADY'S READING AT WARRINGTON.—On
Saturday evening last, \V. C. Macready, Esq., the tragedian,
read Shakspeare a tragedy of Macbeth to the members of the
mechanics' institution and a highly respectable audience, in
the late theatre, which the directors of the institution have
recently fitted up as a lecture-hall. Before commencing his
reading, he addressed_the audience in a most impressive man-
ner, observing that some time ago he had received a commu-
nication from the members of that institution requesting to
know the terms upon which he would deliver a reading there.
He begged to say, that the only remuneration he sought and
wished to receive, was to be considered as a fellow-labourer
with themselves in the great cause is which they were en-
gaged—in endeavouring to elevate the minds and characters
of their fellow-men, and withdrawing them from scenes of in
temperance and sensuality. The great Creator, heobserved, did
not endow man with all the astonishing faculties of the human
intellect in order that he might eat,drink,and sleep only, like the
beasts, but that he might think, act, and live as became him ;
and he quoted in illustration one of the noble soliloquies of
llandet. He was aware that those whose lot it was to labour
for their daily bread had few intervals of leisure, and it was,
consequently, the more important that those opportunities
be should not lost. That institution held out the means of
employing those intervals satisfactorily, and it was to pro-
mote its prosperity and usefulness he then appeared before
them. At the conclusion of this address, and at intervals
throughout his reading, ho was most loudly applauded.
The house was crowded in every part. Mr. !slacready's
generous conduct on this occasion, in actuating from London
gratuitously for the benefit of the Warrington institution,
deserves the highest commendation.
YORKSHIRE.
POISONING CASE AT Leens.—On Monday morning the
adjourned inquest on the body of Selina Fletcher, who died
at the Leeds General Infirmary, on Saturday morning, was
resumed at the Court-house, before Mr. Blackburn, coroner.
Some additional witnesses were called, who proved that she
had taken a quantity of arsenic on the evening of the Friday,
on which day she had purchased several ounces under pre-
tence of wanting it to destroy vermin. The jury returned a
verdict that the deceased had " Died from taking arsenic
whilst in state of temporary insanity."
ACCIDENT ON THE LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.—
As the tour o'clock train on this railway was proceeding from
Leeds to Bradford on Saturday afternoon last, the engine by
some means got off the line not far from Kirkstall Abbey.
Considerable damage was done to the carriages, and the pro-
gress of other trains on that line was impeded for some hours,
but as the line runs on a level in that vicinity, none of the
passengers sustained any injury.
COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—J. Sutton,
gent., vice Singleton ; H. H. Elrington, gent., and it. N.
Fynn, gent., to be Lieuts. of Second Reg. of Yorkshire (W.
R.) Militia. T. R. Dunhill, gent., to be Ensign of Third
Reg. of Yorkshire (W. R.) Militia.
WESTMORELAND.
ACCIDENT AT BROUGHAM HALL.—On Saturday evening
last, after dark, the church singers were practising in
Brougham Chapel, which is separated from the hall by a
deep cutting in the old London-road, over which Lord
Brougham caused an arch to be thrown for the conveni-
ence of the hall, from the terrace to the chapel yard. Mr.
Walton, an artist, took Miss Brougham, the second daughter
of W. Brougham, EA., about seven years of age, in his
arms, and left the hall by the terrace door, and was on his
way to the chapel, but it being dark, and the light in the
chapel misleading him, he missed the archway. and, with
the girl in his arms, fell offthe terrace into the road, a height
of about 25 feet. The shrieks of the girl brought assistance,
when it was thought that Mr. Walton's back was broken ;
his head was laid open for nearly two inches, and otherwise
severely injured. On the arrival of Dr. Taylor, from Pen-
rith, however', it was found that his backbone was not broken.
One of Miss Brougham's jawbones is broken, and she is in
other parts dreadfully injured, but hopes are entertained of
her recovery.
NOTTLNGILLIISIIIRE.
LOCAL BANKRUPTCY Cover.—The Lord Chancellor has
issued an order that, in future, all matters of bankruptcy, or
petitions for protection from process arising in the eouthem
envision of Leicestershire, the parts of Kesteven and Holland
in Lincolnshire, South Nottinghamshire, the town of Not-
tingham, and the southern ills i-ion of Derbyshire, shall be
heard and determined upon at Nottingham, where a new
court is to Ice established, and to be opened on the 9th of
October. The commissioners will alternately preside at the
new court, but an official assignee will have a permanent re-
sidence or place of business in the town.
COMMISSION BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—W. S. ClOwell,
gent., to be Lieut., vice C. G. Balguy, of Southern Notting-
hamshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
ILUIPSHIRE.
CommissioN BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—R. S. Hill,
gent., to be Surgeon of North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry.
BUCKINGILUISIIIRE.
COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—G. Fitzroy,
Esq. to be Major, vice Sir H. Verney; F. Hatehard, gent.,
to be Ensign ; J. R. Holt, M.D., to be Surgeon of Royal
Bucks Militia.

RURAL FETE AT BEARWOOD.—Another of those conge-
nial gatherings of landlord and tenant, master and servant,
which of late have happily become of more frequent occur-
rence, took place on Saturday last at Bearwood, the residence
of John Walter, Esq. It has been the custom of Mr. Wal-
ter, for several years past, to assemble all who bear any rela-
tion to him, either in the character of tenant or servant upon
the estate, for the enjoyment of a jovial holiday under his
own roof. At about 2 o'clock the party assembled formed
themsrlves into a procession, and, preceded by a brass bantl
from Reading, marched to the lawn, where tables were ar-
ranged to accommodate the company, among whom we noticed
Mr. W. B. Ferrand, M.l'., Major Court, the Rev. Mr. Hayes,
the Rev. Mr. Willmott, Mr. E. W. Gray, and other friends
of the host. After removal of the cloth several toasts were
given, and Mr. Walter, in a humorous speech, proposed,
" The British Legislature," coupling the name of Mr. W.
B Ferrand, M.P. Mr. Ferrand, in reply, disclaimed any
participation in the recent legislation of the House of Com-
mons, and said he had no doubt that in the course of a few
sessions they should find Mr. Walter rising in his place in
the House of Commons to present a petitione—say from the
distressed agriculturists of the parish of Wokingham.
(Laughter.) Then Mr. Walter would proceed to express
his condolence and sympathy with the unfortunate petition-
ers, telling the house that he advised them, in their days of
strength, to accept a fixed duty—that they rejected all
notice of such a compromise when it was practicable, and
" free trade" was the consequence. (Hear, hear, hear.)
Mr. E. W. Gray, late mayor of Newbury, said there was
a " fixed duty," to which, he was sure, the meeting
would give their unanimous assent. That duty was to
drink the health of their host, " Mr. 'Walter, with long
life and happiness to_ him, and a seat in Parliament."