The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL

FOOD RIOTS AT Id INTI 6. —OD Fthigh INN very marine I
distortion leek pin at Exeter. The Wenn Thaw et '
Saturday Awls the following punishes : The =nide
was sommesesti nu woisaelamhe, Awing ea all gaga
nosed Whitfield u a one" ter ide
poteten begin shwinglimg& A lake; semi
who Men , wee mho enalled, end the nele, WIIN=
up le it gleleyn
et any, emeisil him et lietwd ;
they them destroyed hi Innen, end, whim he spaßd the
emelnelA *ay beat him vicientiy, tin he wee drawn into his i
Ties njority of the mob, says the local journalist,
were milfilinged ninny wens, who wend set have bin
than be the earns enmaretiag spinet genhimmenies
bed thus wit bees dreeditel net at base. TV sendimmts
wen bean by the.. wens, welkin 111111464114 DO their
Unit as Buchland's hens. As nom se the bads simeg
wee einesd, the mob neeseded Is the ciessenket, when
they made a savage and cientess amok epee the
Sinn Their in at the =rim =
linen mad sad
est et the deer. gat
nen berm the
Ad In irk ass, ad the ma Owe brims
had hie had cat web a stkii, utsllse ma Med by
• blow be heist The fumes releseed amplity, bet the
dealers kept to their stalk—bet they win men esenelled
to retreat also. Being in the 10/114, the sepsis et the
Western Timm endeavoured to permed* a Inn nem
with a child of about 18 means aid be her arms to ge hose.
"Go home " she exclaimed will awes ineetive— "go
bins to be served f—better hide here to be lined at one*,
than go home to starve " Thin wee sensiaterrilleIa
this wild frenzy of the wens. If a Inn • blew is
the head from • civilian el the ten, be knew to Men
it; hat a woutan's fist wing in his hie, eel her
shrill tongs, ringing in his ear, bid Yea fen
right. The buskers quickly peeked up their neet,
and the several dealers nested their Sas. The
mob having cleared the cern minket, the. dipmeeS,
teen.
On stray tunes, end hang them eing Wee I
town. One old man war seen remise dews 7
at • pee far beyond his years. Andre was healed Me
King-suit, where be mood et bey, Ids imenesteme &MM.
Lig end screeching at hint, es If he Ind NMI MS a lig

days. Be was a and sad imperturbable maa. Be steadily
declared that he came into the town neither to buy nor to
sell. As bin quiet, eel a manner gave no offence, they left
bins. After leaving the corn market and chasing the
farmers, a general try areas to proceed to the stores of
Messrs. Sercoushe, the cora merchants on the Qusy. A
shower of stones eon broke the windows, and the counting-
house shutters were quickly destroyed. Boys arid women
were the chief reknit. the latter declaring wildly that they
had children at home crying for bread. ll.ving finished in
the place of businem, they next proceeded to Colleton-
crescent, where ti.ev ettanked the residence of Mr. J. C.
&menthe, and broke his windows. They then went to
Mr. Kellwood, the baker's, in S suth-street. He threw
out hi. loaves, and tt ey demolished hie windows. In the
mean time, the mayor had arrived by the express train.
The magistrates had previously sworn in special con-
stables, and his sroriorp at cam proceeth4 at the head of a
party of police, to ttre scene of conf .aeon. He found the
people rioting at Thoitro street and breaking the windows.
KM ',weenie apprehended two of the rieselestlers with his own
hands. Peeteeding rl tern Fore-street, he found anmb before
Mr..11111,11N house, and the panic-stricken bakt r throwing out
loaves of bread. The mayor here dispersed the mob, and
apprehended other; of the rioters. Mr. Snore, the miller,
of Ex trick. was CICLI aingly ill.used in the corn-market.
He is reported to he very much injure I. Mr. Beedell,
baker, West-street, had his windows he ken. Mr. Salter,
baker, Butcher-row, emptied his shop of bread and so saved
his premises. The ..omen carried off the bread in their
apron.. Mr. J. E Kitirdon, was exceedingly active in his
endeavours to appear.• the mob. All the windows in the
home of Mr. Sirens, .uiller, and otitis brother, in the Bon-
hay, have been brom n. The Yeomanry C marry were to
muster at the Topsh ins Barracks. on Friday evening. The
pensirmers were also assembling at the CavAry Barracks,
and went° be plao d under the authority of the magistrates.
A public meting w to to be held to consider the state of the
lawn. A gentlemen just returned from Taristock states,
that the market WAY in complete posmation of a body of
miners from the neighbourhood, who were, as in the former
cars, s. Ping the corn arid butter at their own prices. The
deluded men seem re imagine that it they hand over the
proceeds of the eel.•e to the rightful owners, they will esca?e
all the censequances of taking forcible prosesaion.
Ties Cues. or POIKONING at Devonport was strain the
subject of inquiry on Thursday. It will he remembere I
that the deceased aas clerk in charge of H.M. ship Cale-
donia, and that he cited after drinking from a glass offered
him in a public-heuse by a seaman named Pettier. Mr.
Oxland, chemist, stete d that he had analysed the contents of
the stomach of the deeemed, arid found that morphine had
been administered sufficient to occasion death. The powder
in the pocket of the prisoner Pedler was also found to be
morphine. Mr. Beer addressed the court for the prisoner,
attic which the jury returned a verdict against him of
" Meneaughter."
anll VOQVISMII V

Sektous Coax-Eton. at Tsurcrote.—The town of Taws-
ton was, on Saturday last, the seme of a serious and alai miog
riot, in consequence of the prevailing distress, and the high
prices of corn, meat, potatoes, and every other description of
provisions. It being the usual market-day, the farmers and
dealers asembled in the market-house for the transaction of
business., when a m of persons attacked the market-houso,
drove out its legitimate occupants, and seized the corn and
flour, which they insisted upon having retailed out at prices
very easel below the present saleable rates. The mob also
attacked the butcher: and bakers' shops, seised the meat,
and sold it at hd. per lb. (the butchers' price being 9d. per
lb.),handing over the proceeds of the sales to the owners of
the meet. It being rumoured that the rioters intended to
burn down some c near the town, the utmost ex-
citement and alarm prevailed, and the high-hailiffs and ma-
gistrates held a consultation as to what steps it would be best
to adopt for the pre- creation of the peace of the town. The
high-bailiff immediately proceeded to the market-house, in
front of which he read the riot act, and called upon the mob
to retire to their homes. A number of the mat respectable
inhabitants were promptly sworn in as special constables, and
orders were issued for mustering the yeomanry cavalry. The
mob paraded the streets, hooting and yelling, and carrying
legs of mutton, joints of beef and pork before them. All the
shops were closed, and the whole neighbourhood was in •
most excited state.
CORNWALL
FOOD litors.—The Plymouth Times of Saturday affords
iuformation of a further extension of disturbances arising out
of the distressed condition of the labouring poor and the -high
prices of food. That journal says, " Various applications for
military aid hove ranched the garrison of Plymouth and
Devonpnrt, and parties of soldiers have proceeded to the
spots where the disorders were said to exist. On Thunder
evening Capt. Johnson, 2 lieutenants, 3 sergeants, 100 rank
and file, and 2 buglers, of the sth Fusilien, left this town
for Wadebridge, and were to be at the latter-named place by
6 o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning. From this latter
town we learn that on Wednesday afternoon about three
o'clock, a body of miners from St. Austell, R whe, and Luau-
lyan, to the number of 200 and upwards, entered the town
to prevent corn from being shipped, and declared their deter-
mination to have a supply of that article at their own prices.
There being no corn shipping en that day, they cellectedround
the cellars on the quay, in which there were some three or four
hundred bushels of barley, and threatened that unless their
wants were supplied, they would bleak open the cellars.
E. Stephens, E-q., of Trewornan, a magistrate, was imme-
diately sent for, and the principal inhabitants and burners
met at the Institution, to adopt measures in ease the men
proceeded to extremities. On the arrival of Mr. Stephens,
he, accompanied by a number of other persons, proceede I to
the spot to endeavour to induce the rioters to disperse ; anti,
on Mr. Stephens addressing them, he and his companions
were fiercely attacked. Previous to the arrival of the ma-
gistrate, the cellars had been broken open, and the men
were proceeding to fill the sacks with which they were sup-
plied, but no corn was removed. There being now serious
apprehensions as to the result of these proceedings, it was
deemed advisable to organise a force fur the purpose of
protecting the property. About one hundred of the in-
habitants of the town were at once sworn in special
constables, and kept themselves in readiness at the
Reading Room, to take such steps ss circumstances might
require. The rioters sent • Damage towards evening, stating
that if the magistrate would pledge himself that the cirri
should not be shipped, they would disperse ; but this he did
not feel himself at liberty to do. After some time, hoe ever,
they were induced to quit the town, and they left, apparently
with the intention of going to their homes. Mr. Stephens,
received • eery severe blow on the head from a bludgeon of
one of the rioters. Capt. Nott, of the preventive service,
arrived in the course of the evening, and immediately
despatched messengers to Padstow and the other stations in
the neighbourhood for the preventive men under his com-
mand. On Thursday the riotous mob had taken
possession of the Molesworth Arms, at Wade Wide,
and the various storehouses in the place, as also
two ships. They had distributed the bread, flour,
and sera (of which they obtained possession) among the
reallitade ; 150 special constables had been sworn ia. A
haw of the neighbourhood, who had beets sworn in as •
=liconstable, volunteered to come away with • request
the local magistrates., to the general commanding in
the western district, for the soldiery. When the messenger
lab Wadebridge, miltituda were still thronging into the
=a. The riot seems to have originated from 1,800 miners
Warr:adjutant, together with the quarrymen from the
Delabole, near Camelford, who came into the
lowa domain the prices of provisions to be reduced, and
MOM me mridirefla should be shipped."—At LIBIRARD,
111111N1 the troops passed on their way
1W an erns quiet, although very to
great excite-
ment in the neighbourhood. A correspondent
writing ter CALLTNOTON gives the following account
of the proceedings that took place at that town on the mar-
ket day :—" This town has been to-day under the infla-
mes of mob law. The miners in the town and neighbour-
hood aweathied in the market, piece to the number of shoat
100, salad el the corn they Gould %Crab on sad
sil It oat at their own price, whit& lad at We. per
=ln wheat, and 10e. for be ales ruled the
market, seizing the baskets of theme who refused to
soil at the prim deed on by Snowshoe. illowal parties
who drimided their poopirty wane nog* liwatiod. There
=ito be so awes olopiod atimpar seeds by the
ies tie shark the preseediar of tee Mee, although
the had timely rodeo of whet woe lobsiol, the adeguided
cab, to the wealsw of two or thole butilred, having
the Ives ea Needy last la protowien, threaten-
they yeah des Pty or lIS, rowiste individuals
ova be as epsobloswilatios yeah% it b gowerally thought,
have bean salieloot to hest thew in check. Encou-
mei by irk seseme, they me to visit the farm
home in the neighbourhood awl impel these known bold-
log corn to send it be mashed or all it at prier lined on by
thooteelvn. Neighboarbeg isevia. eatw min wodoet-
de" ere also threalaned. The Wore mil Sewesellaw of
the town we in bar of that heaves babe watommi, amil in
oresopmee have got rid or are geeing rid of diet masks.
All emote oared for the day at the Woes in the adgliour-
hoed ; then who did not j•in in prososion being throstemed
with *Bel vergesnoe if dry west ondwgronod Se the day.

FATAL ACIMMIXT PION i
altatAtiONAEM-012 Friar* Asa
t# tba se
71:eyetwootatkern was tc* Parroz all, near
at alD.Motioa, Esq., ono of th•
—p-li, Dr. Lk oa, of Pleakweel, diet a rook which tail
men die imisibes a Wee see et bli sae& Ho bad ape
bay le Ft it Dr iiimoniwialliebeemidelble gee was pi.
legibelei Year diet, die tie% wheedle guavas
andibe esaleals lodged la dr dedaelibeesst. Xel=
rose lir yeemed, but be 'sly Dwell mill Ike Vale& IS
1.116,104/110., whoa le eselied. Ha was a geutiaaisa
mini &mend in Flesh/eel sad asighbourbood.

Two Lan Yvan= is KIIIPIBLD.-111srly CO Friday
neessing, swift, Iriehren. erned Patrick Geed, wee wre-
Medd et • et Dow Greek p.ar Dewsbury,
sheet two ran bra ea sneeiden et had been
esonerned will Mari in the =solar of B. and
Kw Wraith end Oran Illis, on the 12th I. Es is a
*nos built„ sake year are, about 26 years atop. It is
doled that ea/Iwo the rows et dr mirror et the esswant
eld, Orelleo toe milady sernisineed to
bee nether, WWI 11•1111 en sad opus bee Oat ele woe
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effienreeds.
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of the these oselirsen who km is seseesslon laid the ro.
praesselles et the Wee& of litaksaeld. SWIM the rural/
of the 114111 M Ait, had desdreil to Weems earblere kr
the mat star anseirg_eisdien. Ire leareodoloseght other
ratio= Me **did es senspelhora Isr dr herear. The
arm et lb. Leek re et James laely ark., LmPeat. kir dr
Laren ideldes et rnst, theLebriod iss the 1
ressoenset st the Br,ta bes dirblitakesest
oesseersed. Oh B. N. 'darks rod lar. Wi
Iladdre, beedser-in-law tow meoseder of the Kr'
dollsee. vbe wPwsrdha., Orwiaidoodhe In the int TO-
lin." P111111.1.1i as Übe 6111191181101 Led Cherrellor
sla Ow *WwwWWW,I Mills. In LK whisk he
held line 1846, an alb Irk .s•el
se se Way fr le eradidesee.
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remgemants whirls wore understood token seine time ago been
coradoded with regard to the representation of this borough.
I Subsequent to the last revision of the electoral lists for the
borouelt, a requisition was originated and numerously
signed in favour of Mr. William Bwkild, one of
the present members, and Colonel Perrouet Thompson,
which those genrtemen an-opted ; but the distenting portion
of the constituent body, who are °poised to the government
memory of education, are angry with Mr. Budeild for hav-
ing given his parliamentary support to it. and also with Col.
Thompson for having expressed himself in its favour, and
inietings have been held to consider the coarse which
they should adopt at the next election, but nothing de-
cisive has yet transpired.—One of the latest rumours
current respecting the representation of Knaresboroagh,
is, that Mr. A. Lawson, one of the present members,
will retire on the dissolution of parliament, and that
his son, Mr. Andrew Sherlock Lawson, who has recently
attained his msjority, will be a candidate to succeed him.
lit addition to Mr. J. P. Weethead, of Manchester, chairman
of the Manchester end Birmingham Railway Company, sad
the Hon. Wen. S. Laseelles, the name of Mr. James Garth
Marshall, of Leeds, the extensive flax spinner, is mentioned
as a new candidate, and it is thought that the facilities which
he possesses for encouraging the linen trade, will tell
.in
his favour if he should eventually offer himself.

NORTHUM BERLAN D.
TIM CONING Ecacrtus.—The canvass in favour of Sir
George Grey has proceeded most viperously and successfully
during the whole of last week. In the Itutlbury and Eleclon
districts the agents o! the ll,me Secretary have met with
very few refusals; and from the most respectable and inde-
pendent of the Percy tenantry. In other districts split voted
have been promised for Sir George. Futile opinion increases
daily in favour of the liberal candidate. Ou Thursday lest
the more active supporters of Lords Louvaine and Ossulstain
(who are principally dependents ow the Duke of Northum-
berland), paraded the town of Alnwigk, and Waited every
elector who gave them a refusal. Amongst the tricks
resorted to by these gentry are statements that Earl Grey
disapproves of Sir George Grey becoming a candidate, and
that Sir George is • Puscyite. Both statements are, how-
ever, inaccurate: Earl Grey highly approves of the resistance
given to Percy dictation ; and Sir George, It is notorious, is
far more closely connected with the evangelical thaw the
Puseyite
believed, begins to repent of the step he has so rashly taken,
and is anxious that Lord Ossulston, who is very unpopular,
should withdraw. Bir George Grey will, it is thought, poll
900 plumper,.
wr se.nurturing.

Toe RISPRIMENTATION or WALBALL.—There promises
to be a very severe contest for the representation d this bo-
rough at the next election. Mr. Robert Scott, the present
member, retires, and the candidates already in the field are
Mr. Forster, son of Mr. Forster. a banker in the borough
(liberal); and the Hon. Mr. Littleton, eldest son of Lord
H. athernon (whig). His lordship poeseeses a good deal of
influence in the borough, by meson of property ; and Mr.
Fonter is not destitute of that consequent on local connexion.
Bath parties are prosecuting their canvass, and each ca-
imans confidence of success: but, in present circumstances,
it is probable that Mr. Forster has the hest chance he was
the first in the field, and the majority of the inhabitants are
seemingly averse ter the representation being placed in the
hands of any noble patron. The conservatives talk of bring-
ing forward a man ,• if such be the case, and both the candi-
dates already named persist in going to the poll, the success
of either would be a very doubtful affair.
WARWICKSHIRE.
A WOMAN MURDIRID BY HER HUSBAND.—On Saturday
a man named Leonard, a paper hawker, residing in Tenter-
, street, Birmingham, was committed for taial on the charge
of having caused the death of his wife by violent wage a
few days previously. The coroner'a inquisition, the night
before, had returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against
bim. It appears that both the woman and her husband
had been much addicted to drinking, and that about seven
o'clock on the morning of the day un which the offence was
committed, the deceased and her hueband were men to enter
their house together in a state of intoxication. In a short
time a great noise was heard, and the man came out of his
house, and asked a neighbour to assist bun in getting his
wife out of the cellar, for that he had pushed her down there,
and that "passion was the devil." Assistance being rendered,
a large pool of blood was found in the kitchen, and in
the cellar (the door of which was 'hut) the unfortu-
nate woman was found lying with her legs and fret
on the two lower steps, and her body stretched outwards,
with her head doubled up under the right shoulder. Her
face was covered with bleed, and the husband refused aid in
raising her up, saying, " that she might lie and die." Many
other brutal expressions succeeded. At this time, according
to the evidence of the hospital surgeon, blood was imuing
from the woman's ears, her right arm was fractured, and
there was a fracture on the base of the skull extending from
ear to ear. Five or six of the neighbours who had heard the
quarrel were called as witnesses, and they swore that they
had heard Leonard threaten to "knock his wife's brains
out ; " and in reply to the woman's supplication to him not
to kill her, he said, "I mean killing you, and do it."
The woman died in two or three days. Note ithstanding the
very strong evidence adduced against him at the inquest, the
man 'prated perfectly unconcerned.
HAMPSHIRE.
Tire Capra both of wheat and barley, in the immediate
neighbourhood of Winchester, are much improved in
appearance by the late rain ; the wheat in many instances
is very luxuriant, though in others it has lost plant from the
protracted winter. The crop at present bids fair to be an
averse one if not be, end ; the barky is looking well and
luxuriant, with some exceptions, whffe the wire-worm has
been at work: the recent rains, with genial weather,will stop
the revere of this pest of the farmer, and from appearance
• large crop of barley may fairly be expected. The potatoes
are coming up strong and apparently heathy, but it is impos-
sible to predicate what will be the result of this valuable crop
at present.—Hampshire Telegraph.

KENT.
SICKNESS, in the shape of low ague and fever, is extremely
prevalent in Sheerness, although happily the deaths are not
to proportion to the prevalence of disease. A correspondent
says :—" As to those to whom the care of the town is com-
mitted—the ' town commissioners'—it is generally under-
stood that their monthly meetings are occupied in strenuous
exertions to preserve the' balance of power' amongst them-
selves, instead of attending to the welfare of the district
committed to them. One circumstance tending greatly to
foster the diseases already generated is the great scarcity of
houses in Sheerness—four families sometimes tenant a small

fur-roomed tenement, and make the street a common recep-
tacle for all abominations."
SPICULATING ON DY.Alll.—Burial roieties, avowedly
intended as an honourable means of providing for the decent
interment of persons poasessing slender incomes, now appear
to be perverted to a systematic traffic in the chances of life
, and death. lt is stated that at Faversham, persons of all
' grades are, without their own consent, or even knowledge,
placed on the ',oohs of burial societies by some gambling
speculator, who pays the stipulated quota at the de ith of each
member, in order to receive the aggregated sum at the death
of three he has thus impertinently entered io the society.
The cunning dishonesty of the transaction consists in enter-
ing parsons as members of the society, who are near death,
thus making those unsuspecting members, who, perhaps,
have entered for a fair and hononrable chance, contribute an
unfair amount in the gem ml collection.
MONPAOUTIISHIRE.
Etecelors Movnuswe —R. J. Blewitt, of Llantarnam
Abbey! in this county, so many years the representative of
the uni.ed boroughs of Monmouth, 'Usk, and Newport, has
issued an address to his constituent*, which evidences his
opinion as to the early dissolution of parliament. It is
broadly stated by the chartists of Newport, that they will
oppose Mr. Murk', became he did not accede to a petition
from them to support Mr. Buncombe's late motion, relative
to the recall of Frost, Williams, and Jones. They are san-
guine aa to the results of their opposition, and talk ofbringinfi
forward Col. Tynte, a moderate ceneervative, ie opposition
to the present hon. member. The grounds upon which they
calculate for success are these : the numerical strength of
chartist voters in Newport, who declare to a man they will
oppose ; and the conservatives of Monmouth (the Duke of
Beaufort's borough) and of Usk, who of course will supports
a conservative candidate, in opposition to Mr. Blewitt.
Other candidates are named.

ROYAL ITALIAN 0T ERA .—Donizettes " Lucretia
Borgia" was performed on Saturday. This opera is very
well known to the musical public, having been performed
at Her Majesty's Theatre several times each season ever
sines it was first produced. On Saturday evening, the eh*.
meter ofthe heroine was represented, as formerly, by GM,
and beson, in Mario; but Tamburini was substituted for
Ullman in the Duke of. Ferrara, and Alboni for Bram-
bilk Is Orstai. Lwerana Borgia is one of the part
wbbilimmi strikingly show Orisi's great powers as a
diem ; hien" almost unpuelleled display of stormy
a amow and mew& mind. It b • grand,se
tamiblo PWare, the dark features of which are
ahem& sad eabeed by ISO redisadas teas& ateteenel
bni. We havenstier sea Odd same analimat dm* osi
ads asession. There wee sesembing eves inkilime is the
inleneft of has Imbed, sal Wanks thine lion=se.
Whim Lammas send lishre the the
Whin Me to whisk in had mansismardasm, bar km%
desist walk aim blemph, sad the keening aniabar
Weal weal, med• her soma an esperielea if
et DeAk. asses aineemea mertith- is link a sem Mae
asses is irMiegned assaVisji ewe mid the lista and gaiety
of a mewled *seas. The whim hosiers es her eye
meld nee Ism own ion amid the Weil pen, end her
.an et spay se be expired in her tame sew
stated with swnewmins, and, indeed, tee leremt, leaeost\
sad nein. There is ankles at all Male MI
_the part at
Oimmeks; sad we tbsaglit that Mario Mid it same-
WINN men bri that meal, as if he wen wifisrinkom
eie wee arab Is melba the
dia whisk Wash* bedmi
privisedy Pisa if the twirler4st
Duke if Ferrara: lie performance wee alb, het eillined
sash Om eansidein, and we hayserenisa never seam this pest
mar make se het& sa im ea the 0114 Yom.
Alined ebonite& mistime Irian& in *elide pNNl4Bllate Orsini.
Ber *spas of the Apemen* la the limipet access, " Vn
=sax emir bibe" wee piths* aelkines vales,
It was received ens eml bed
• deelisiZtaga.The pert et &sun is hit is at as
mere than caeca the peemsespe
sii plays (like Amines in " As Tea Like It"), he
Or sempay with a mug. We mast ha weeder
that thereat We engine. Meal aro initerneltelethie
simonat Oa the wales _mien el as mesa, lar pees,
saes of Armes wee esseived with sedriebeet ; the added
with Orin the Weigh of the enaing,eni wee Wag es
the heighten MN thee, ha • hag time, had sneered= ear
I Wan. Min we hire elapsed sines then ; the meet
Ile hr einsand ; sod yet ILAN. Albin' has not
aseibm slender or any importance. We aretnitt
dewilig is her perennials so babas • part as Oreinfs