The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

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PROVINCIAL.
YORKSHIRE.
FIRE AT VIE MA.4111:4.1 STATION.—Oa Manday evening
fire broke out at the Prinet a Wales, a well-:mown hotel,
at the Ma+bro station, about six miles from Slit:tilt:J. The
large building was, at the time. completely fall of travellers,
there being oniy the one bedroom unoccupied in which the
fire originated, and that was being prepared for an caps cted
guest. Most of the company were gone to bed. Le alarm
was azeorlingly crest, but no person was injurxi, an t the fire
was extinguished after committing rev ;get to to extent of
between and 3001.
WORCE9YrII4NIRE.
AGRICULTURAL SOClETY.—Wvitetertlt, FRID N.V.—The
annirsisary meeting of this association know holding here
"midst torrrents of rain, which tends ra make the affair
miything but a festive one. The rewards itivn to the most
skilful ploughmen was a sum of divides! into eight
premiums, besides gratuitiee to the pioaghlioya ; and 10s.
each was given to the best diggers of a perch of land.
There was a tolerably goad entry, but the poor fellows had
a sorry morning's work of it; and thorough wet clothes
formeil a pour reward to those who lost. The show of
stork and implements took place in tho Womeeter cattle
market. There were prizes for cattle, skcep, and pigs.
Several p.izes were also awarded to male and I:male agri-
cultural servants and cottager+, for neat esdt.te gardens,
long servitude the name farm, or with tie &line rusatsr
or mietrc-s ; for thateltimt, hedging and ditching, and ex-
cellence in ngrieultural °petitions. Als t for bangine up
the largest famlly without parochial assistanea ; and in this
elms there were many e impetitors, same of whom boasted
of families of eleven and twelve children, whoin they had
brought up upon their smite wages without eleemosynary
aid. The proceedings of the anuieersary closed with a
dinner in the evening.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
REPILLSENIATION JP NOKNI LINCOLNSEIRE. The
Weeleyan electors of the district of Spilshy assembled on
Wednesday last, and resolved, that a vaeauey having
occurred in the representation of the Northern division ut
Lincolnshire, by the elevati n of Lord Worsley to the Leper
Bowe, the electors presi.ta cool I not give their votes or in-
fluence to any claim's,. ntary can lidate at the ensuing eke.-
tion. who would sup :oat the endowment. directly or indi-
rectly, by til.S!Sto. a the It matt Catholic priesthood in any
part of the United Kinadoin.
oxFuttnsillitE.
Tor. ENT]; H:,3llsS.—Detactanents of this regiment,
which has acquires! such a lamentable notoriety in cans.-
quence of the death of White by flogging, have passed
through Danbury within these few days, on their route from
liou:islow to Ireland. The staff reached Banbury on Tues-
day, ::::'.I a lirze nerd assernhled to s:tne'a th arrival ;
some drown probably by the anticipation of the music, and
others by the expectation of an opportunity of a rough ex-
prerteion of their feelings towards those who had keen guilty
of what they roganlA as an act of atrocious cruelty ; and
from such espr. Abut they did not refrain. The followin;
moeLing the soldiers were f.ilisve.l to the nuteleirts of the
town by a mob, principaliy.of boys, emeeamin; and hooting
at them.—Baobary Gifordsne.
liERTFORDMIRE.
COUNIISSIONS By THE Lono LIEU (ENANT.—Sir C.
Murray, BUT., and H. BroSlwn, EKM. to be Deputy Lieutenants.
TEOLK.
COMMISSION BY THE Loan LILCTE. . . J. M•Ciregor,
dent. to be Lieutenant at West Suffolk Militia.
KENT.
SUICIDE OP THE SUPERINTENDENT OP TUE GRAVESEND
AND ItocursTEn RAILW tY.—Ua Thnrsday morning Jr.
G. Chid, the indeflitigahle superintendent of thl.Gravesend
and Royhester Railway, put a ptrifd to his existema by
hanging himself at his ri sidence, near the gJetteeter termi-
nus. Deceased has left a wife and seven chi. lrcn. An
inquest was held the same afternoon when evidence was
adduced to show the over anxiety of the decamped to fulfil
his du:lex—Vert:et " Temporary Derangement."