The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-25 00:00:00

disagreeable odour wet constantly filling the house. They
had appealed to the man and to the magistrates in vain to get
it removed, and at length be wrote up to the Home-office to
know if there! was no redress for people who were thus
poisoned in their own houses. The reply, which arrived on
Wednesday last, by return of post, was a prompt and effi-
cient one. It informed him that the magistrates bed power
under the act of last session to order its removal, and, if he
would apply. to them with the certificate of the medical man,
they insist give such an order.

Two FIRES OCCURRED IN EXETER 11011 week, one on the
premises of Mrs. Stephens, of the Half-Moon, Friday-street;
the other in Ese-lane. There seems to have been a bad
supply of water.
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REPRESENTATION Or BRIDPORT.—The recent death of
Mr. Justice Williams is liltely to create a vacancy in the
representation of this borough. Mr. Dundee, the present
Solicitor-General, will, it is rumoured, be raised to the
bench, and the appointment of Solicitor-General will be con-
ferred on Mr. Readily. If these changes take place, there
will probably be another contest between Mr. Cochrane
and the present representative.
AN ALARMING Fltu, ATTENDED WITM LOSS or LIPS, I
was discovered on Monday evening in the house of Mrs.
Tucker, bookseller, Bridport. Mn. Tucker perished, it is
supposed, by suffocation, in endeavouring to escape. The I
maid-ea:nut escaped from a window.

HAM PSHIRZ.
Ate ISPART murr.—An inquest was held at Andover on
Wednesday, on the body of W. H. IL Denison, aged two
years and eight months, eldest son of H. H. Denison, Esq.,
residing at Walnut-tree Mansion, near Andover. It ap-
peared from the evidence that F. Masters, Esq., Mrs.
Denison's brother, was with the child in the drawing-room
after breakfast, when the child took hold of a loaded gun
standing in the corner, which it pulled down, and the gun
went off, lodging the whole contents in the child's head.
Before surgical assistance was obtained he was quite dead.
Verdict " Accidental death."

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OF HEILEFOZDSHIRE.--Many rumours
are in circulation as to changes in the representation of this
county at the general election. Mr. Hoskins, we (Here-
ford Journal) believe, owing to the delicate state of his
health, is desirous of retiring. At Leominster it is reported
that Mr. John Arkwrigbt will be put in nomination. The
necessary funds for defraying the expenses of the battings
have been already provided. Perhaps this notice may call
forth a direct statement on the point; and of this we are
quite cur:, that if Mr. Arkwright wen. toeffer tirmelf, he
would be elected. The name of Mr. Biddulph, who was
formerly member for this city, has also been spoken of for
the county. For the borough of Leominster we presume
there will be no change, but with respect to Hereford we
have good hopes that by next November the electors will be
in a position to relieve themselves of the monopolists who
have so long wholly engrossed the representation, municipal
as well as parliamentary.
NORFOLK.
CAPTCRI or HORSE CHAVNTEM—On Saturday, an
elderly farmer, named J. Baker, from Hereford, was swin-
dled out of 301. in Norwich cattle market, by some strangers
who pretended to be horse-dealers. They adopted the old
trick of persuading him to purchase a horse which one pre-
tended he wanted, but could not buy of the other. As soon
as the parties had secured the money they all disappeared.
This is the emend time Baker has been thus duped. The
police pursued them, and shout two miles beyond Derehfun
the rogues were taken into custody, when they gave their
names J. Clark, from Leicester; W. Robertson, from Lon-
don ; and N. Proctor, from Birmingham. They acknow-
ledged having sold the old man the horse, and would fain
have returned the money and paid expenses, but this, of
course, the officers would not consent to. On searching, the
officers found upon them 1261., a part of it being a deposit
receipt for 501., at the Westminster Bank, in the name of N.
Proctor. They were brought back to Norwich, and the
Mayor having heard the ease, remanded them to Monday.
The horse which Baker bought for 301. is said to be worth
61. Baker said that one of them told him his name was
Clark, and that he was a farmer from Wymondham.