The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE.

COMMIB9IONa HT THIII,;;;II:I.IIUTENANT.—RigIit Hon.
J. S. Wharncliffe ; L. L. Kaye, Esq. • J. W. Sturges, Esq,;
C. Hardy, Esq. ; G. Ramsden, Esq. ;' W. B. Martin, Esq. ;
to be Deputy-Lieutenants of the County, and of the City and
County.—Gazette.
The FOuNDATION STONE of a NEW CHURCH, dedicated in
honour of All Saints, is appointed to be laid in Leeds,
during this week, on a site near the York-road, adjoining to
Pontefract-lane. The Rev. Dr. Hook, the vicar of the parish,
will officiate on the occasion. This ts understood to be the
edifice alluded to by the right rev. prelate, the Bishop of
Ripon, in his speech at the late meeting of the Ripon Dio-
cesan Church Building Society, when he said—" Last year
I had the gratification of recording two instances of great
munificence towards the diocese, one from the lamcntedMrs.
Lawrence, and the other from a nameless individual, and
this year a gentleman, who will not permit his name to be
announced, proposes to appropriate 10,0001. towards the
building of a church at Leeds, and in all probability before
he has completed the parsonage and the school, and provided
for the endowment, he will spend 20,0001., but he has
pledged himself to the expenditure of 10,0001." (Applause.)
The public benefactor, at whose sole coat this building is to
be erected, is said to be a resident in Leeds.
WARWICKSHIRE.

THE LATE ACCIDENT TO MR. NEWDEOATE,
The accounts received as to the state of this gentleman
are more favourable than was expected. There does not
now seem to be any probability of fatal consequences.
IMPORTANT TO RETAIL RREWERE.—At the Quarter
Sessions at Birmingham, on Saturday, an appeal case, of
some importance to retail brewers, was heard before the re-
corder. The appeal arose out of a conviction made by the
respondents (magistrates of the borough of Birmingham)
against the defendant, who is • beer-shop keeper, named
Jones. The circumstances of the case were these : An in-

formation was laid under the sat of the 3rd and 4th Vic e.
61, entitled " An Act to amend an Act relating to the general
sale of Beer in England," and the defendant was charged
with keeping his hous • open after the hour allowed. The
evidence in support of the conviction was that of a policeman,
who stated that, on the evening of the 25th July hut, at
twenty-five minutes put eleven, he was on duty in London
'Prentice-street, near to the house of the appellant, when,
seeing a man coming in the direction of Jones' door, he at
once proceeded to it, and knocked for admission, the front
door of the house being closed at the time. After knocking
two or three times, and waiting two or three minutes, the
door was opened by the appellant, and on witness walking
into the kitchen, he saw there nine men and one woman.
There were cups on the table, but there was no liquor in
them, and the table in the room appeared to be wet from what
appeared to have been ale spilt upon it. The men weresmok-
ing. Witness asked Jones if he knew what o'clock it was,
and his reply was, " Take no notice ; I will get them out."
On the part of the appellant it was contended that there
was no evidence to show the house was open for the sale of
beer; further that four of the parties present had shown that
they were lodgers in the house, and evidence was tendered
to show that they had neither bought nor consumed ale after
the hour prescribed by the act of parliament. It was there-
fore insisted that, as the statute was a penal one, it should
not be enforced without full proof that it had been violated.
In wiring judgment for the respondents the learned Recorder
said, it was clear the meaning of the legislature was, that
there should be no further " consumption ' of liquor after
eleven o'clock, and it was absurd to suppose that a publican
might fill his house with people before that hour, and allow
them to remain after it, because that would be a complete
evasion of the statute ; and with reference to the assertion
that the parties were lodgers in the house, that was negatived
by the assertion of the land:ord himself, who said ' that he
knew what o'clock it was, and would get them out." For
these and other reasons the learned gentleman ordered the
judgment of the court below to be confirmed.
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AT a MEETING of the commissioners of Sunderland-bridge,
held on Monday, it was resolved, on a majority of 17 to 4,
that on and after the 12th day of November ensuing,
the toll taken from foot passengers shall be entirely abolished,
and that the toll on all descriptions of traffic shall be reduced
to one-half of the present rates. This decision has given
great satisfaction, and is of much importance to the working
classes and the trade of the borough.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
ESCAPE or A PRISONER.—On Wednesday last, while a
special coach was conveying the prisoners from Morpeth jail
to Alnwick for trial at the sessions, one of them, named
Griffiths, slipped the irons from his legs, and sprang from the
top of the coach, making his way over the hedge into the
Cauledge-park woods, two miles south of Alnwick. A
turnkey, who was on the coach, jumped down, and had he
not accidentally fallen in crossing the burn, he would have
immediately taken the prisoner, who got clear off. The pri-
soner was charged with stealing goods to a large amount
from a bazaar at North Shields, and had been previously
convicted of similar offences.

THE TOWN OP PENRITH was thrown into a state of
excitement on Sunday, by constables taking an Irishman
named Donahow, who died before he was got to prison.
When opposite the old brewery he became faint. and was
taken into Winskill's lodging-house, close at hand, and on
examination it was found that blood was gushing out of his
shoes. Donahow became worse and died within ten minutes.
Dr. Morrison declared that he had died from excitement and
loss of blood. It appears that deceased had a bad leg
previously, and in struggling with the constables the old
wound broke out.

THE RECENT ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—
The special high constable of the dishict found on Saturday
night, at the house of a person named Holland, at North-
wich, a top coat, which has been identified as the one worn
by the prisoner, John Wright, when he committed the
murderous attack. It was found to be in parts very bloody,
particularly about the left arm and breast. On searching it,
a book was found in the pocket, containing a 201. and two