The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-17 00:00:00

▪ ..e( Works and the district engineers in Clare, on Fri-
''"Thae to hear some charges made by one of the members
see comae, Majer M'Namara, against &subordinate officer
lila._ boa! The Major refusa to present his charges in
going, that.they might be be more calmly and impartially
...Alfred, and when Ginfsio Wynue then demanded a
meeting as better fitted than a public court fir M-
lL'imaio, this, too, was refused, as nut consonant with
• tof the British constitution ! The charges, at
came fort', and proved of very slight •alue as
..wers accusation. The meeting ended with very " high
• between Captain Wynne and another member for
ob, panty, Mr. C. O'Brien, the advocate of spade cultiva-
to ea a national scale by the state ! This fraene is a rare
ooption, as the chief officers of the board are treated with
attention throughout the country. The independence
2og feeling sometime- collides with the restraining
imam of the officers, but generally the harmony is well pre-
between them and the people.
Oka repulsion of Captain Reed, officer of the Board of
week& by the Killarney Relief Committee, has led to a cor-
semendence between the chairman and Lord Lieutenant of
to county, the Earl of Kenmare, and Sir Randolph liouth,
which Sir Randolph admits, what was nut denied, that
odividuals might form charitable aemciations independently
oats government, but that Relief Committees had not only
the relief of distress by the distribution of food to attend to,
eat were also placed in a public psis itinn by the regulation
ceder which they were called to assist in carrying out the
tabour Rate Act. As far as the latter function was eon-
waled, the letter stated, in conclusion, that government
eased it absolutely necessary to ascertain to what hotly in
this district it had been confided. After reedi. g the letter, the
resolution of expulsion was rescinded to the extent of allow-
lag Captain Reed the co-operation of the committee in pre-
relief lists, but relatively to the distribution and sale
Wood waintaiiiing their original determination of severing
of connexion with the rebel department of the governmene
Of the same county, the following extracts, wri' ten by two
radical gentlemen, to a friend in Dublin, give a sad pie
tare. If true, it isdiffiailt to reconcile such a state of society
with the extraordinary fact that the lowest a.aeresuaent to
see poor-law throughout Ireland is in Clare, and more elec-
toral division., are exempt from any rate altogether than in
say other Irish county
attended meetings of differe, t kinds the last three days At one
'thought we should be impaled with pickaxes, or, I should rather
OIS, tbe engineers, who were the parties denounced —it IR * stays of
aillbsion. I was at petty ACR,IOII3 last night until Retell o'clock
Waring complaints, and trying to protect Akers in land of
Mar auty. The people fancy they most be paid fed, and
to no work, or wit little as they like. As yet no outrages
Pe committed here, haw long it continue is to be retro.
lam to tell you the destitution inwill the country is iocreasing,
sad in Byweeks, or perhaps less, nine-tenths of the population in the
allibtl7 will be altogether dependent on ext riaseous sunpwt, as the
peetioas of homy prmluee they had are het tlirapprapne. In fast,
Tea will see large tract' of thickly populated ceuntry withier a aegis
nark& eons. It would be' ridiculous to expect under those dagegias
poem peace or order, with indications of ;he people's spirit at pea-
amt Except some very extensive means of relief are afforded (and a
patina must bee:elusive of works), numbers will die of starvation.
I in ormed you some weeks past of the unreasonaaie de-
mands of the Tipp: nary landlords on the Cashel Company for
land required fur the line between Thurles and Cork; and
also of the i•l,t10 of notices for au One has
just terminal d at Thuile s, and ens or two of the sums
claimed. The offers of the company, and an order of the
jury, will show the liberality of the company, and the extor-
tion spirit of the landowners. Ine fit c ,se the claim
was 80/. ; off r, 40/. award, 341. In thers second, demand,
6771.: offer, 300/. ; award, 170,.. The effect of the verdicts
was immeaiately apparent. Amicable settlements were
rapidly arranged, and, where the claims before were exor-
bitant, the owners now expressed a desire to agree, in order
that employment so remunerative should not be lot to the
district. Another inquisition will be held next Monday at
Cashel, followed, it is to be hoped, with the same results.
There is a rapid increase in the piece of Mud in all the
markets of Ireland. Tne Cork Examiner, received this
evening, states that Indian Corn was selling at 101. and 171.
a ton on Friday and Saturday, although a (Ingo bad been
wt received ex ship, ;it 101. I.ls. a ton. To the fortunate
buyer the market price would leave 71. a ton, or 75 per cent.
Such is the accumulation of pauperism in Dublin, and so
numerous the applications fur edinission into the work-
houses (which are already crowded to such a degree that the
commissioners have directed no more paupers should be
admitted) that the guardians of the North Union Work-
house are erg iged to-d iy iii selecting a second building to
open as a temporary workhouse, and they contemplated that
such temporary accommodation it may he necessary to
extend no as to afford relief to 2,000 additional paupers in
the North Union.
APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. J. G. Quinn has been appointed
a magistree for the county of Down, and Mr. Griffith
High Sheriff of Sligo county.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE.
The COBDEN FUND now amounts to 77,9761.
SUPPOSED DEATH EKON QUACK MEDICINES.—un ties-
day an inquest was held at Bolton, on the b Kly of R. Bartley,
a child aged 17 months, who died on Sunday last. The
child had bud an elute). of scarlet fever, and was attended
by a man named E. Flite: oft, agent to " Dr. Coffin," of
cayenne-pepper celebrity, who prescribed for it, and it was
soon rumoured in the neighbourhood that the child had been
killed by improper treatment. In consequence of these
report., the coroner deemed it his duty, in order to satisfy
the public mind, to call a jury to investigate the subject.
The child, it appeared, was ill all last week, and the mother
went to Fliteruft, who said it had the scarlet fever, and he
prescribed a powder, cotnpowil of bayberry, cayenne pepper,
cloves, and ginger, and a bottle, containing cayenne pepper
boiled in water, and a little vinegar in it. Under these
peppery c impounds the child grew gradually worse, and
died on Saturday night at five o'clock. No medical man
was called in, the mother being of opinion that so many died
under the dispt nary doctors, that it was not safe to have
them—Hr. Denham, aurora), who made a post modem ex-
amination of the body, stated that the child had died from
Whitemati nof the right lung. He observed no marks of
scarlet fever. The inflammation had. run its course and caused
death ; but he had no doubt that if a medical man had been
called in the first two or three days, the child's life would
have been saved. The bottle produced had come strong pepper
its it, and was a stimulant he would not have given in the
caw. He thought it wrong to give such hot, strong stuff to
a young child. The jury returned a verdict of " Died from
natural causes." but accompanied it with the following
written statement, which was signed by all the jury but

fel :
We are of opinion that the child has died teem natural causes ; but
we see also of opinion, that if the child had been attended to by a
proper medical man, that child might have recovered, and the jury
comet separate N 1.110411 expressing their opinion, that the medicine
Amin erred wits highly improper, and what ought not to have been
gins in any case, and they would caution the public generally against
using such like quack medicine.
Mr. E. Ashworth, a bor..ugh magistrate, said that cayenne
au the best thing that could be taken for inflammation, and
that the medicine used was such as he had kept iii his family
for five years. Flitcroft, he said, had different kinds of
medicine, and did not say that one would cure all diseases;
and he invited those of the jury who had no faith in the
'am, to go and hear Dr. Coffin on the following night.—
The coroner said he had no wish to hear quacks of any sort.
He then admonished Flitcroft not to attempt to prescribe
sgain in cases of which he was wholly ignorant; and can-
noned him that if he did, and another death ensued, he
would be sent to take his trial fur manslaughter.—Flitcroft
demanded to know a hat authority the coroner had for saying
he was ignorant of any particular case, but he was handed
out of court by the police.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ANI) FATALITY ON THE BOLTON
RklLWAY.—Yesterday morning, as the express train, which
leaves Fleetwood at nine o'clock, was on its way to Man-
chester, in passing through a deep cutting at Clifton, half-
way between Bolton and Manchester, the engine got off the
line, and was the cause of a very alarming and fatal occur-
rence. The ground was exceedingly hard, and covered in
places with frozen snow, so that the wheels of the engine,
instead of sinking into it, and bringing the train to
a speedy stand-still, passed over it some fifteen or
twenty yards before the wheels got clear of the
rails, and the engine then seems to have ascended the
sloping hank of the cutting to the height of about four or five
feet, along which it ran for about 40 yards farther and they
fell over upon the rails. The engine driver, Joe. Allen, was
killed on the spot. Thomas Tinsley, the stoker, jumped off,
but unfortunately on the side of the rails, and the wheels of
a succeeding carriage passed over him, cutting off a portion
of toe foot and the other leg at the calf. As far as our cor-
respondent could learn, none of the passengers were seriously
hurt, though many received very severe contusions. There
was great difficulty in getting particulars of the accident.
Our correspondent went up to the spot by the two o'clock
express train, having booked through to Bolton, on the
chance of being able to get out if the train stopped from the
line not being cleared. It turned out that one of the super-
intendents of the line had to be put down on the spot, and
our correspondent attempted to alightailo, bat the guard held
him on to the step till the train was in motion,standing oaths
stepwith him ; and it was not till after a severe struggle and
some risletli at he was able to accomplish his object. The engine
was still lying on the down-rails; but the first-class carnage
had been got clear of the up-line, and thus the down-trains
were enabled to get past the scene of the accident on that
line to the flint shunting. The rails were muck broken,
torn up, and bent; and though a good many hands were at
work to repair the damage. it was evident that it would
be a work of some time. No cause could be assigned for the

Vain getting off the line.
WARWICKSHIRE.
TEE PEACE MovEMENT.—LEAOVE Or UNIVERSAL BRO.
rimitHOOD. —A public meeting, attended by 5,000 persons.
was held in the Town-hall, Birmingham, on Tuesday, to
bear • statement from ELMO Bt: Ritrrr, the American
p_hilanthropist, on the principles and objects of the League of
Universal Brotherhood. Mr. Joseph Sturge otcupied the
Asir, and in opening the proceedings said that it was the
duty of every man to use all legi imate efforts to promote
the cause of peace. He ridiculed the idea that it is Utopian t)
laPPose that there could be such a thing as a permanent peace
between all the nations of the world. The day was when
rem thought it impossible that there could ever be a per-
manent peace subsisting between England, Wales, and
leserad; and now that such great facilities were presented
tier social communication with other nations, he thought the
'advantage should be turned to promote so desirable an
object as universal brotherhood. Elihu Burritt addressed a
long and eloquent speech to the meeting. In the course of
his observations, he observed that he had ventured to stand
if. Wore that vast assemblage to propose a union of nations—a
Wise of universal brotherhood—a fraternal alliance amongst
la stall nationF, a whatever clime, colour, or condition of
He and those who actel with him proposed for
Petering Christians a new article of faith—that of uniting
all the nations of the world in one family circle; that
Glorious sentiment, " union of nations," has been recently
enunciated, and list ned to with respect both in France and
la Spain, by one of the bloodless champions of England's
Pettiness and gory ; by one who had achieved far greater.
far more substantial, triumphs than the victor of Comma,