The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-05 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

Local. RarrurroililiLways.—On Saturday, an
appeal
Now of great interest woo heard at tho Shire
Bali, Notham. It wet Vat of the Mihail Railway
&sopa, ast the ovum's of Bnlwell, to resist the pag-
eant '1721., as levied upst did portion oldie liae oludWay
robq threepth their parish, sad to obtain a wore equitable
aseement. This was the asonat at present la Opole, bet
I ties dated that soma usighbowhig whirs had aniseed
the dm to the relief oleo pear is the sum
_remake mad
that tho smolt of tho Far
suir= would indicate wbat
future Mune the with regard to them.
=l:llhavineag7= WM es bath aides, the loss&
Ito consider the pad. Alin half as bores
doilitordies, Colossal Rodielea. laid ii was tho=l
of the taut that the rats shoed boutolloneL Mr.
the empsoro Whiter, iodinated fist he dwell appal.

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FATAL ACCIDENT AT ORIEL COULON 0110111 X
It fs his few weeks shoe we had to record the death of ea
sadstiesslaste 'number el Corpus Christi College ken the
aratialid Meehan* of he arms. We have tow to septet
the doh et ea umdespodwals sasimint et the neighbour*,
allow (Wallahs At ea
MOT bow al Nalegil. the dead body et Kr. has
Nig a shisasoaret Wei , was hued la the front
The body wee Dead at the esutheset maw
srm Ihe 'lapel doer, end doe to the hell
eldituarithillitreithia • Dew het of the mid. ham this
pErdasertassitdroot with thequmaatisszerotthr
adivessgreirbt
68•1 the Ole eane • height Glibbest 40 feet.
Astiesselisfee hid it the Amon Ls he WI of Oriel
41111 *am 6. Velseldoe Cos, ILA., et NT C4l-
sehheity essease, sad a Jury estrapieed of
Noldeeleted diem, she alter ItArkee bee ed
%Mew the be; et deemed. The *limbs wow MI
p-aga. & 111161• MII,I vie saw up
a11.11114.,1140 a onge/ ; ea my it,
Wa Quidlumb Mod Ihe aseOrs raidowas
4661a11es 161 allionsio Woad lir sal of

Mr. Key. Deemed lay upon hie stoma-h, with his face
turned on the left Bide. There was a fracture on the right
um and wrist, and a diskcation of the left shoulder, which
lsy nadir the body, and which was but slightly lir deed. I
saw that blood had issued from the mouth, and from that
sod ether appearances I have no doubt that death (which
nest hen been instantaneous) was the result of a conclusion
of the ben. the effects of a fall. Kr. H. K. Mat:rhea,
lem a Commoner of Oriel College ; my rooms ere tt its-
aistat
ewr thaw of &named. Early this morning,
while In I was disturbed by a sobs in the wore below.
It was then between three and fear o'clock. The noise
bend (tram in to ten minutes, sad appeared like the noise
of several person struggling wide cal saint his will. I
got out of bed and partly doused myself, when I heard the
people go down stairs, and all ess.sd quiet. I got into bed
'WSW, but d 3 not g 3 to sleep. Ina few minutes after de-
ceased came up to my sitting-room, and found it locked.
He tins earns to my bedroom and boated at the doer. He
wished art late mysillieseeem. When I first bud the
bin be eppured firing with nir, but whoa MaeO is
me he was calm. 7 reesseets wtut *Dim, and half open,:
my bedroom door, end advised him to go to his own
rank This parley lasted fin minutes. He was convinced
I would not Ist him rate my sitting-roam, as he had given
me an eatidgetery reason why I should do so, and I again
ohm* seeenemenied him to return to his own noes, and
I benne be did so. He said his sitting-room door was
locked. I lead bins to get a chair and get through the win-
dow over the doer in the staircase into his bedroom. I cup-
pftei him with a chair for that purpose, and gave him a
smells. Did not look upon him as unfit to be trusted with
a endle from inteziostice. Re appeared to softer mon from
mien than intosieetios. I then left him sad returned to
my bedroom. I heard no more until 7 o'clock, when the
alarm was gine.—By a juror: Deemed gave no ream
kw desiring to get into my room, but said something about
wishing to get oat epee Use leads by the window, and made
• remark to the Abet then he was a good climber. When
I robed to Att bin the key of the sitting-roent he
a 001111104.1, be a soil hammer to Freak open the
door. I bet heard him he was quite furious with
rage, bat vbs. I left Ma he appeared qquite sober.
Mr. T. A. Osa, ffsafiasafa of Odd, ad that deawd had
been spending the night with hiss ; that ha supped is his
rouse. tegothse with ethers ; that he came there soot after
10 Vilest', lied renemiesi MU between 2 and 3 o'elockiiiwseihe:
deemed left. Wham head that be was se amok
sated as lo bezlisiewomearbleas
his
sazams ; el
ere at
naeiig
he
gose▪ w
lessened lay down, and aftereesedis went leek to the
jtm fib, what the ache he made aerobe maim Mead,
wheelie, sad *misted, and afterereeds he bums se Heim,
that whom was obliged to call fa the assistants of We mare
Meads. He was thea taken dim& bib shileg
idiato
his bed-room, and kid epos the bed, as ft was ble,
1 from his Amiens asesaer, to amasses bin. They to
shut his bed-ense deer epee him, but he would sestet them,
and thrust his eras between the door end the gee, to pre-
vent their daft him tn. He was evastaglip heissed in, by
their banked* the door with a sofa, Iglu, lb. They then
left him in the dark—he was quiet—end dosed sad looked his
eats: door, end thought kb quite safe. Deceased only
OMB to nada at collage this term. The Provost of Oriel
=that it we probable deceased's intention was to
ea Kr. Kau*aa'e rooms by the leads into his o Ira
—Other evidence of a similar nature to Kr. Con's
meld ban bees given, bat the jai thought that the fore-
going was saftcdest.—After • few minutes' deliberation they
returned the following verdict: "That the said John Rey
having, as it appear to the jury, got out on the roof, did
accidentally all war papet, and was Mod by the fall."
—Deemse we usikwelsed, was the eon of a widow lady re-
siding at Bayswater. It may be added that our reporter
having viewed deeseestro rooms, fond that the bedroom
contained two minium, eat epetAeg into the staircase (by
which deemed get through altar bei fastened in by In
friends, tied she retuned the seen way), and another in the
corner of the Teeny about 10 hen high, which opened into a
Wades ptest ea the roof of the ~, ad that no doubt
fa getting dwas*llds window, thought he should
have been ambled, by erism the gutter, to have gained
a entrance into the rooms ef gene el his Meade, as it was
quite clear the window of Kr. ifaughan's sitting-room
opened also into a simihr leaden getter, but that he missed
the way and fell inte thtng=.

TIM JURY lIIEPARIEZRD TO INQUIRE INTO TIM
CUB or /ALTO= NM= AT BILIDONOATH have been
discharged without aantriag upon a verdict. The &cued
is detained by the ungisinadei, and will be tried at the PAWL

"Musk.

PlUNCitren THlthfilt.—An opera in two acts,
sated " Frannie& Doria; or, The Bandit of the Abruzzi,"
was produced at this theatre on Saturday evening. The
libretto is announced m being by Val Morris; the poetry,
overture, and the whole of the music by George Linley.
We had imagined that the poetry of an opera constituted the
libretto, or the thief part of it ; but let that pass. The plot
and shanties of this piece are like those of innumerable
ether melodramas, remade operas, rte., in which ear stage
abounds, and it is little better then a waste of words to
describe them. There are the usual persons of the drama:
a brigand chief and his " merry men ;" an interesting young
nobleman in trouble, and ea interesting young lady in simi-
lar circumstances, the lovers of the piece ; an honest old rustic,
and his niece, a smart little village coquette; with a sufficient
muster of peasants male and female, brigands, and soldiers,
to Hll the stage and sing chorus... All these personages,
great and small, are employed 4rietly seconders artem, and
after the most approved fashion. The noble chief of the
inaffitti, Cork Zarspieri, is a terrible Sinew—grim, hero*,
mei bloody. He smaulta the home of another nobleman
mime be hates, and earriee him off, together with his ward,
iVonsasso Doria, the heroine. The old gentleman Is shot
eat ot head by order of the brigand, but the young lady
mans her escape during an attack by the peasantry on the
Nikki banditti. Francesca finds shelter in the cottage of
Dsweenien, an old tamer, where her lover, Cored Marco di
Ptruesi, the eon of the murdered duke, has aloe taken refuge
disendesd as a peasant—Lisetta, Domenko's daughter, has
taken a fancy to the handsome stranger ; and, observing some
love passages between him and the fair refugee, is stung
with jealousy, and vows revenge. Accordingly, when Zane-
pirri and his myrmidons come to search the cottage, Lisette
betrays the secret of Francium's hiding place, and she is
seized and carried off. In the second act we find her in
Zanspieri's castle, sunk in grief, and exposed to the bri-
gand' s licentious addresses But the little country girl,
goad-hearted at bottom, has repented of her treachery, and
determines to effect Francesca's deliverance. She obtains
memo to her in the disguise of a Savoyard boy, and informs
her that Marco and a band of friends are about to
her rescue. The enterprise is successful. The eaartrit
stormed, the fair prisoner is delivered, and the bellied
Wigan stabs dissent. As to Lisette', she, for want
of a balks, is rewarded with the hand of her old
sweetheset. ZaeyOr s lieutenant, an amusing sort
of a black who promises to leave lus evil
courses, and beco:ne • "true man" in future. These
emeneetzkineident are male the vehicle for musk
rear tram being original or striking, is at least
and agreeable. The best parts of it are the airs,
which are chiefly in the belled form, thou& there are one or
two of • more ambitions construction. The air in the first
mese, " New my home's deserted," sung by Mr. Weiss in
the ekmastie of the old peasant, is a good melody, and,
being sang withencore. proper simplicity and expression, obtained
• merited The recitative and air, " Save me, kind
=," song by Processes on her Ant entrance, pro-
excellent effect. This character was performed by
Miss Lerma, a ddbistants of great promise. She has •
sweet mexes-soprano yoke, very full and rich in its

lower tones l'and her 'styli is that of a well.
educated musician. Her appearance and deportment
are pleasing and interesting. She achieved, likewise, great
success in the air in the second act, " Ring no more, ye
merry bells!" which was mournful and pathetie. Allen, in the
character o f Marco, had several good vocal pieces. The air,
"Fair one, good night," is sweet and tender; and in the
dust, ' Oh, I could love thee," between Marco and Fran.
nritmt.: there :is passim as well as elegance. Mimi Poole
NW the lively_ part of Luotta with her usual animation
ani meherres. Her first air, " I mope just like an owl." was
sang, and immensely applauded. Herr /denies,
Maillitilletaracter of Zanspiors, had less sums than in his
ipc_pilens appearance in " Ladino." But it is a heavy, ap-
hasia, of which it is impossible to make much. The con-
Allataigiuseare simple aad unpreteoding. The best of them is a
=GM chorus, " Oh, now do I repent me;' in the
the float act. Bat they are very slightly eon;tracted,
imdi live as original features. On the whole, the musk of
this pie* doss Ur. Linley credit, and some of the songs are
likely to become Impala in private &fetes where there is a
relish for simple FAO& melody. We must add that the
opera was well sad carefully put on the stage, and that
the whole performance deserved the favourable reception it
met with from a crowded audience.
OPRNINO Or Han MAJESTY% THEATRE. Pre-
parations an apparently being made for the immediate
opening of Her Majesty's Theatre. One of the new tenors,
IL Border, Marie, and Paul Taglloni, arrived on Saturday.
Several artists have preceded them. Gardoni, a new prime
donna, end Carlotta Grki, are expected daily.