The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-04 00:00:00

Et Court.

wippuo2, WEIMIZSDAT.—PIIIIOO Albert, IMOOttl-
paid by the Due de Nemours and Dee d'Anntale,
mei attended by C”linel the Hon. C. B Pith** aril Captain
H .a A. Gordon. went out ihon.ing is Windsor Perk.
Tse Baron Andrian and Monsieur and Madame Van
r ammo, a. the Carle yr‘terdey Minnows on a /int
bier Hejaty and Priam Albert.
The Duchess ef Cambrulge and the Princess Mary,
pow Edward of Base Weimar, Viscount Clifilen. and
Ca; tsi,. F. Seymour are expected to arrive at Windier Caath
wise, noes.
The royal dinner party yesterday included the
Doom. et Host, Ltdy Fealty Howard, and Sir George
Colo r.
The Debts, of Csnibridge end the Princess Mary
pts t. e r :cadence at How yes erday afternoon fur Windsor
Dastk.

Mr. C. H. Murray had an interview with Lord J.
Rewell cererday, at his official residence in Downing street.
°rant tichimmelpenntnek, the Netherlands minister,
lei sown on Tuiculay, cn a chit to the Right Hun. Baron
Parke.. t Aepthill•pirk. Bedfordshire.
Mr. M. Mann bad an interview with the Right
go. H Litrusehere yotcrday, at the ilk, of the Ward of
Tiede. Dr. Dowries had a!so an interview pat/inlay with
the right hos. ratleassa.
Mr. Wad, M.P., and Mm. Hondas had an inter-
time yrs,. rday with Lwd J. Russell.
The School ul Deign had a meeting yesterday, at
the °M.* ..1 tee Bard su Trade.
At • meeting of the General Board of Health at
Owyrtyr 11 IWO ) est erdsv. Lord Ashl. y in the chair, a depu-
mike from Birmingham, erinerictiag of the mayor, Alder.
area Paints. a•ci Martineau. and the town-elerk, had an in-
wryer., and iklarllUd a pe Mon from the rated itthabitento,
paying me the applieutius of the Public Health Act to that
lowa.

CBOL22l.—TeMerrbiy, the following fresh CUM
were r. ported t. the B wird of 11.-al:b St. John's,
Ilioithwaik, I fatal ; Sanderlan4, 2, 1 fa.al ; N_ rtuamehire
Dietriw. Deresklhrm.Tweed Union, 4 ; Edinburgh, 2, 1
ktal ; Olugow 184. 78 fatal • • Dinnhartrin, 4 Dumfries,
4Oi Mooklmd, 23, 6 fatal; Casdrow, 3.2 fatal' Crall, 1
fatal; C in.:eie, 1 late'; Jedburgh, 20, 6 fatal. Total sew
Mts. 249; 97 distils The ease, reported on the let MM. as
Meng t .Itva pall! at Leamisiaton, scourged la the village of
Offahureh, is the ilbur et of Radford.
OCTBSTAL OF CHOLERA AT Alf INFANT OS MAIN
ASYLUM —Daring yes:erday and Tuts lay the members of
the boards of gusrdian • of the various metrooslitan parishes
tad unions who harm out their pasppn children at Mr.
Drouio 'a infant poor erinilishes. et at Thorium, have been
eot,sideisb:y alarmed at the receipt of information that oho-
bra of a most fatal character had broken oat amongst the
children It app. ars that Mr. Done. has mod. r his ears
from 1,400 to 1,600 children of both aexes Ginned out to him
under th- mention of the poor-law commissioners from mil-
ous mete:, limn parishes and uoions, tor whom each pariah
pays 3e 61 per herd per w. t k The children exhibited their
usual healthy appearance up to Friday bah when in some of
the wnr.l, several children were attacked with SOWN
diarthtr., and in two or thrre instances the cases yawned
the tio mu of Asiatic cho!era and were trated amordiogiy, but
in soma km of the atlas death ensued in the shirt apace of
three hours. Every hour brought new patients,
and 'm4,4114641 evidence insuitesting itself that the
epidemic oar o:terming i e baneful infloorce to
other., Dr. Addison. of Ouy's Hospital, *ea eat
for, te omeult with the resident meth al °liken,
Up t this time fifty-wren eases and twelve deaths had om
tarred. Oftlarrs Tana the vat /OM parishes wets summoned
to T wing, and the establishment wee 'laniard. when it
was lusibil that the drains of the buildinp emptied them-
selves ii.to an extensive ditch shutting en the grund, and
which it was believed might have a pr. judicial effect. The
united op ni in or all the inei:icat gentlemen eamorbled con-
curred is many, the dome to have miser from atmospheric
vivo+, and not from the rod the patients had taken. In-
krniarma has been seat to the corona and to the Poi-law
Board.

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Tor DEATHS IN LONDON during last week num-
bred 1,4 4 ; the average being 1,154. This taws. is partially
szoltired by the Regtstrar-Omeral, who says: " The pre-
sent return ashiaits • gnat increase of deaths registered
above the weekly avenge. But, it must be observed, that
the ewes is Qtly to a alight eaten' produced by lammed
aortaisti : it is chit fly me to en arcu.oulation of 110VOINZ'll
Meta, many of which occurred in former weeks, but wen
not sevistered till the end • the quarter. duarlatina, the
mortality hunt which is double use average, and typhus,
.settee, to he the only epidemics which paved to et exces-
sive degree." TM births during the with were 1,468. The
amen temperature was 41.2.
TIM 0 t LLRRILII AT TUN CENTRAL CRIMINAL
170 c et.-ItstiCertox or P subieet of the letting
mat tor hits el the gall' ries at the Central Criminal Court,
le • MIMI who regulated the prises of admission according
to the taunt GI die particular 4101 t wader isvestitration, has
bas a ogee brought hams the notice of the public by the
pees that, at leapt, the Semi& of London and "Wolin*:
hen abolattal the old arum, and i rtedueod regulations
whisk are calculated to gin some strider ion, considering
the levitate the old b laa had excited. The person
who has hitherto rented the galleries from the sheriffs'
at the rat' of 211. per session, refuted, at the last see-
non, to cmtimas to pity that am any longer. alleging
that it exurided the reasipte, but he offered, at
Eke snot time, to continue to held the galleries and
pay 151. per sada a for them. The sheriffs, for soma time
pea, have been anxious to have the animal of the series
in their own hands, and they took the opportnaftlt e
off. red to break the cmgagemest with the keg e, who Imo
sot at this time anythitg whatever to do with them. The
new reg atatt me sense into operatke on Meaday lest, the
Arvada) of the January tosiku, and now en tailors, charge of
Is. each for admire= to the galleries is established I will he
recolleved that there have bun oceasions when half &-
guises, and teen • guinea, bas barn demended : end on the
late trial of the Benner Bt. Mart, the price was 6s. and
7s. 6d. TM mosey taken have been appointed
by the shiriffs, into whose kends the neaps are
paid every eight. The minim of peruse being employed
in the streets, and in the avenues if the court to " tout" for
emcomere Ire the galleries has been done away with. The
receipts in the Old Court gallery on Monday amounted to
2e. ; is the New Court gallery to 9s. ; the Old Court gallery
m Tuesday yielded 18a. ; and yesterday 21. 10a. It was
said that if tie price were reduced to 6d. the maple would
be doubled. These regulations will be applied also to the
sew Third Court, which is now rapidly spore/atria, gem-
pistils. The money-taken receive 7s. ..day.
REGULATIONS OF Till LONDON BRIGADZ IN CAll
or ittase.-Yesterday the London Fire-engine RUMBA-
ant limed to the pollee a aide of emulations for the better
guidame of that taw, and the public generally, In the event
of the **beta of Ira within the metropolitan datriet. It
ism follows " It is found very veal in metalling the
spread of Are to Mop shut the doors and windows of the
premises till the water is ready to be thrown, as nothing
musts a fire to hurt so rapidly as the admission of air. Any
police constable who firm discovers • file, without haying his
attention called to it by any one, is allowed • In. not ex-
ceeding 104 , provided no human lives are lost; end it will
generally he more prudent for one policeman to remain on
the spot, and send another person to eat the smitten Any
porous giving the Int eall to • fire at soy of the engine sta-
tions is allowed is. for each station, which will be paid by
the engineer. Cab-like or other expenses Incurred by a
police eonstahle for the mks of expedition will be repaid cc
the charge being certified by his superintendent."
CITY OF LONDON LIVE AIinIIRANOR SOCIETY TOR
ACOCNOLATIVI LCD GINSIAL ASSIMINCRS -The ordi-
can annual meeting of the proorieton of this many was
held yesterday, at the onion. No. 2, Royal Ezchange-b•lld-
inge,l34. J. B. Bennett in the chafe. The waren read the
report, which commenced b observing that notwir
tasUaidng
the remarkable convulsion is the commercial end ramebry
world during the mot twelve montka, the vast adventogeo of
lire assurance societies were heraming eo
!edged that they had sustained their position Misrers
than any other csistleg institutions, and k these
were is fully known and appreciated In Beglasd as is Beet-
land, it would be no swarm cf astoniehmeet that they bad so
little felt the recent einem naivenel depression, but rather
that they hid not net with more Wormed swam. The
brines-slur t for the period between the lot of Nov., 1847
and 31st Oct., 1848, .toed as fellows: Balance from last
midi', 9,6211. Ils. 54.; Ca* on twanust of shares, 1871. 10s. ;
We premiums, 6,9711. b. 10d.; intense on invest-
unto, 3781. 21. 10d. ; policy stamps, IE2I. 2e. 6d. ;
ask* 16,3201 161.74.; the credit side of the account
showing for charges of management, Be., 2,1761. 10s. 6d. ;
incidental expeesta, 9251. 18s. 84.; other payments, soon-
prising at nutty, dividend to proprleton, re-assurance end
Policy stamps, 1,4931. let. 21., leaving a balsam in heads I
ander muitas heady, of 12,64n1 114. During the post year
Ltd proposal. bad Lem teetotal, emoting • total of
74.0121. 161. U., and producing an allitional income of
2,e7i1. 36. 7.1. To an* policies others might ban been
outdid, severing the ram of 18,1001., but which the Ilkeston
had comodered it their duty to decline Maar the malt of
the amaroota, however, they had completed twenty additional
PrPetels, assuring 7,9861.. making the gnus income of the
oes Shit ticad 6,4 AL 181. 6d. As • proof of the wand
denten.•• em robed lay the directors, under Ow able advice of
the medical carers of theeselety it was shown Mater/had of
upwaeot of three yearts:ssuwithout • claim epos the
smisty'a fund% sad thet cdieg the high rate of neer-
tality which had petit tiled thringhont the Magian dubs,
tim pan ye a. Etna the eleneolthe finaticial yttrof the society,
however, by the death el one of their directors (Norge
Bel car,
en'
), the firet Mike (but th of 4004 poly) would
be made en the teekty. Alter relerti,g to the feet that an

ascertained vas freed was the saly ad epos wheat any
roliey of this nasty could be the fawn esaaleded
by swing the pleasure the diresten fat ta nosameadinp,
ftwequese• of the aecoesaul operations of the misty,
that the diridead to be paid to the shereheidess for the car-
net )ear be increased fro= is 6 per seat. This latter T roe
}Dutton nee pat as a satertautive nodes to the seating, sad
ansaiscusly spud to. ThB onsgeteg dtrostave of well sot
tie sedans, were re sleeted, sad anthems el Wats for the
valuable mikes of the various often elate institation our.
aieundy s to. Os the notion of the Dina of Here.
hird, seaosded by the Be,. Charlton Less, a vote of thanks
to the aludrasa was accorded by .x:amattss, sad the meet-
* separated. _ _

loisiznis Lire INsuLacz COMPAlFT.—Yeethr-
day the third erdiaary annual meeting el the geopriston of
this company was held, at the Thatchedtheme Tavern, St.
Jamea's-street. The 'hair was taken by Lord A. Lennox,
the chairman of the board of directors. The report stated
that daring the past year 191 proposals had beta made to
the baud, is respect of which 107 pelieille had been greeted'
mem, eiroranees to the mount of 62,7001., and fielding
an annual Income of 3,6012.45. 6d. Many of the policies
'Eared in the 13.ivereign wen issued in connexion with
loans. During the crisis that prevailed in the commereial
world towards the clue of 1847 and the beginnieg of
the past year, the e!:cetera thought it prudent to
suspend, almost entirely, all operations arising from that
deportment of business. They had recently resumed to some
extent what so tar had proved a safe and most valuable
source of profit, and the fella' had been that between the
9th of October and the prerect time 67 proposals bad been
mdmitted, 47 of which bad been secepted.—Mr. Morgan,
actuary of the Equitable Amirante Oflte, reported that the
clear profit accruing to the oeaspany, after the payment of
every expense, wee 3,6931. Is. 4d. up to the 9th of Octcber
last Two deaths had occurred, involving claim to
the amount of 9001. Aa annuity, for which a
couridention of 4001. as received, had fallen in.
The directress had declared all shores forfeited upon which
the last call had not been paid. They recommended a divi-
dend of 4 per cent for the put year. The report was
adopted ; the retiring directors were re elected ; the auditors
were re.appointed ; and a dividend of 4 per cent , clear of
income tax, declared. The Chairman then moved a resolu-
tion, which was passed, to the effect that the preliminary ri-
peness, in justice to the original shareholders, be extended
over a period of not lees than 25 years. The thanks of the
meeting wen then telted to the noble chairman and the
board of directors, and the proceedings terminated.
ROYAL SANTIAGO MININO COMPANT.—The half-
, yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at their
oases, Broad-siren-buildings, I. L. Goldamid, Eel , in the
chair. Mr. Docker, the secretary, read the report, whence
it appeared that in the half year ending Anew last, tne ex-
penditure of the company had been 9,1391. 19s. 3d , of which
5,0001. had been spent in mining developments and re-
named., among the smelts of which had been the discovery
of a new Portend cis, which promised a considerable yield.
The ore raised in the saw p, rid from the existing P. rte.
latencies amounted to 600 toes, the pr duce of which had been
3,8001., which, aided to the toter, st upon the oen.pasy's
capital, made 4,1141 2a. IW. In the two months following
August, the yield from the same mines had been 242
tons, and the beat letters gave the direr ors
reason to expect that the yield for the then ensuing five
months would be 130 tons a month, which, even at present
priors, would folly cuter the expenditure, and, the diree'ors
hoped, with the produce of the new Pertetrupia, enable
than at their next ranting to declare a dividend.—ln
answer to a shareholder, the chairman stated that the law-
suit in relation. to Sanctuary, was now the subject of negotia•
lions, the result of which, he hoped, would be satisfactory.
The report was thou nuardmously adopted, and thanks
having been voted to the directors for their conduct of the
compsey'e affairs, the meeting separated.
New CITY CSUn.—About 70 members of this in-
Whitton met yesterday at what is termed an " Honour din-
ner," at the Club-boom, in Badughall-street, Mr. Friend,
the chairman of the managing committee, presiding. After the
eustoosary tributes to malty, Mr. Steadman proposed
" Prosperity to the New City Club." which, he said, woe
established for the purpose of providing accommodation, on
the dish principle, for persons engaged in business in the
City daring the day. It was nu, however, a club for the mere
porpthes of eating and drinking ; it was an institution which
it was biped would be a test of character and integrity ; for
although the sonscription was fixed at the most moderate
"mount, Vs., one guinea a year, end half-a-guinea entrance,
no member was admitted unless his honour and in-
' ler ity w, re established to the satisfaction of the members,
while ava,..ng so that every member might be sure that 4I; him-
self of the themesie arrangements of the association he would
meet on'y with men of -igb moral character. The economy
of the models clubs Cr the middle clews was in this in-
stants blended with the strictest regard to personal worth.
The election was by ballot —Tee chairman, in a subsequest
speech, intimated that it was intended, as the funds would
admit, to add to the accommodation now afforded a library
and lectures on literary and seethe& subjects.
At present, all the leading journals and period.
kale were supposed. In the rum of the evening
it was explained that the club bad been esta-
blished in June het; that the number of members was
now between 200 and 300; that 300 would be sufficient to
meet all exposers • that the members were under us peen-
nirsry responsiblily beyond the amount of their subscrip.
tions and entranee.money, certain members of the committee
having bound theme. Ives for all extra expenses, should there
be any. The club at present affords to its mends. it dining.
reams, in which a dinner may be bad for a shilling, smoking
and reading-rooms, and the nasal see onmodation for reading
and business; and, ae an illustration of the adventures of the
system in point of economy, it may be stated that thi., which
was the teased ter third " honour " dinner, and consisted of
three courses, including venison and game, was furnished to
the members ar &I. per head.
MOUNT ST. BERNARD HOSPICE.—The half-yearly
report of this institution, which is in connexion with the
Leiacitee-Nelee" Sono Kitchen. states that, from the 16th
July to 26. h December last, 80,008 rations of soup and
bread have been distributed to indigent persons. Under
the classes to which these wretched recipients belong
are some • canons entries. There an of dissenting
ministers, 2; surgeons, 2; one chemist; one re-
tired *mar; surveyors, 2; law stationers, 2; one law
writer; Melte, 38; reerelneastere, 5; one governess; an-
ises, 4; soon. 3; shopkeepers, 9; shop assistants, 105;
artleau of various tree's, 9 397 males, 610 females; buil rs,
3, and other domestic sensate, 121 males, 319 females;
needlewoeeen, 478 ; railway lab turn, 409 ; fi.ld !abutters,
287; resident destitute poor. 7,500 miles 11,074 female a ;
wasdering destitute pner, 213 melee, 509 females; wives
and children of "'tisane, 9,920 ; sailors, 29; foreigner', 17
males, 5 females ; and 1,403 children of both sexes.
In addition to the van amount of relief "Soiled
to the poor, 43 "street orderlies" belonging to the
National Philanthropic Association have been provided for
dace September lest. Not a tow of these men have been
taken from the workhouse.' in the metropolis, and the re-
mainder destitute and forlorn wanderers have bean famished
with work. In the llieluze belonging to these establishmeets,
since its opening cm the 20th March to the 26th Dec., 1818.
a glean bed by night, with a gond supper and breakfast, has
been afforded to 4,640 men, 2.221 women, and 117 children ;
in all, 6,878 persons. Thirty-nine destitute young females,
having good references to character, and having been for
some time watched over by the matron, have been by her re-
commended to sienatiens; whiist no less than 117 other
female savants sheltered in this hospice, and evidently
rimed from destitution and crime, have by their own exer-
tions obtained 'nastier., and utheequently visiting the
matron, have returned thanks for the timely aid afforded
them. It I. alto gratifying to stab that 248 artistic' of mi.
ou callings, who have been inmates of this asylum, have,
since they obtained employment, called to return thanks fur
the relief they received whilst destitute.
INQUEST, YESTEEDAY.—A DEAD BODY PARTLY
DIMOVIPAD Dv RAM—Before Mr. T. Wall, at the
Royal Campion, Limon grove, as to the death of r. A. N.
Armstrong, aped 65. formerly surgeon of the 6th Royal
Veteran Battalion of Onside lately carrying on business as
servos sad menthes:ln at No. 18, Berl-street East, Edit-
wanerosd.—Polionnen Bennett said he discovered the
body of the deceased, on Saturday evening last, in the
bath-parlour of his house, No. 18, Berl -street ; he had bens
Winced to go there by Mr. Yates, a neighbour, ;who said
that as the gutters had been up Err eight or ten days put
he feared the doctor was dead ; he obtained admission by the
parlour window. The body was lying wrapped in an old coat
in front of the fire-place, and the parlour door was open, and
two dogs same running in and onr, sending at the body,
and then running away. A 3 the alt had been eaten of
the face, and the hands partially. On inerelliag the body then
was found 16e. in elver and copper, and in an old stocking
in disarmer of the room was towed 301. 16s. fld. in gold and
silver. In the room were found eight pistols, six of which
were large berm pietels, all loaded, some of thvm with as
mane as six bullets. The policeman found two diplomas
bearing deceased's name, one from the Royal Col.
lege of Surgeons and the other from the Apothe-
caries' Company, bearing date respectively March
and April, 1816. He heti searched the deceased's letters and
papers, and then was not one bearing dam later than 1841.
He had endeavoured to soak out some relatives, one of
whom, be undentood, was engaged in the service of h.r
Majesty at one of the palaces, and other who resided in the
Commercial-road, but bad not be. n successful.—Mr. H
Ohre, surgeon, of lamoingrove, said when he saw tne %rely
it was lying on the floor in a very filthy condition, enveloped
Is. an old coat. The body was in suck an emaciated condi-
tion that it presented ell the aopearanm of having been re-
duced to the lad stare of exhaustion. The whole of the
interwoven of the his wen removed, end the entire boon,
from the top of the forehead to the bottom of
the Mower jaw, were completely denuded of flesh.—
By the Conner My opinion is that the flesh had been rotes
away by some saimal or other. I, at first, supposed it might
be by the dogs which were fruited running antic, but I
thought it impassible that dege would be enabled to have
cleaned the orbits of the eyes in completely out. I should
my rather that it must have been rats or mice.—Mr. Obeli,
la eoatianatthn, said that the flesh was also eaten. from both
heads, sad that since the body had been locked up and the
dogs removed, he found they feed been still more eaten. He
foamed, at the ap-z of the right lung, a large seders teaching
the clavi le. This abscess had 'woken and discharged itself
into the air passages of the lung, no doubt causing death.
The demesed had evidently been dead for 10 days.—The jury
returned a maid of "Natural Death."

ROBBERY OF MAIL BAGS.-EXAMINATION

OP TSB ACCUBED.

At the. Ouildire,ll,Exeter, mtneeday morning,
Henry Pool and • stem who reuses togive his saw, were
*barged wi,it opening the nail beg., in their tre,it from
Bristol to :Bunt., and with ahstreeting see ray lett rs,
registered let ere, and puede th rinse. Mr. Turner ar
peered in watch the ewe on the put of the pilaw P 404,
&IA Mr S e Wa.hr.t..rt fur the anonym us pri ~,,, «r,
MT. /lute e, one of the eneeton of the Great Western