The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-13 00:00:00

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good deal of interest was excited by the creation of the third
Waite by the gift of 3001. from one gentleman towards it,
sad four offers of 501. each towards a fourth annuity, which
were carried forwent to the next election in May, when the
whole sum neceseary to complete the annuity is expected to
come in. The voting papers, having been collected, were
et:linear' over to the serutumers, but their report of the suc-
cessful candidates, from the numbers voting and the man.
ben competing, was not expected to be made until a late
hour f the evening, and is to be announced by advertise-
ment, Mr. Heist remaining to receive the return, as repre-
sentieg the chairman.
TEsTIMONIAL TO TILE LATE VICAR OF ST. BRIDE'S.
—Yesterday evening, at six o'clock, a numerous and highly-
respectable meeting of the parishioners of St. Bride, Fleet-
&meet, was held in the vestry-room of the church, "to pro-
pose a resolution expressive of the deep sense entertained of
the valuable services rendered by the Rev. T. Dale, M.A.,
while vicar of the perish, and the regret felt at parting with
him." The Rev. C. Marshall, the vicar, presided. Mr. Rich,
in proposing tha resolution, passed a high eulogium on the
subject of it. It was as follows:—
eh A the Kee. Thomas Dale, M.A., late vicar of the parish, having
been appointed to the vicarage of St. Pancras, this vestry cannot allow
tam to leave them without mording their great regard for him tarn-
vidwilly, and their acknowledgment of la. lavalussle of
during
• period of le ram in promoting the welfare and harmony of the pa.
rash, m meninx-genre:to the necessities of the poor, in Merman( the
Rada of the charities end the efficiency of the parochial schools, and,
mom all, in his very able, faithful, and affectionate attentions to the
*regal wants of the pariehionere. They desire, also. to express their
dm, regret at losing him, and their hope that he may be equally use-
ful in his new parish.
Mr. Bacon seconded the resolution, and several parishioners
having addressed the vestry, it was agreed to unanimously.
It was then arranged that the testimonial should be hand-
somely transcribed on vellum, and presented to the late vicar
by the rev chairman, the churchwardens, and the sideman.
ME TEA DCTlES.—Sirs—The great question of the
reduction of the present exorbitant duty of 100 to ISO per cent. on the
finer deseriptions of tea, and 3; 0 to 400 per cent. on the inferior kinds
u-ed by the poor, has now been brought fairly before the public by
the formation of the Liverpool Asecciation for the Reduction of the
Duty on Tea. The reduction of this tax is a measure the justice of
which all must be prepared to admit, hut the queetion of revenue, of
which the iinpost on tea forms so considerable an item, naturally pre-
cuts itself as a very serious one, unless the advocates of that measure
are prepared to show that there would be so vast an increase in the
consumption of the article as to compensate for the lower rate at
which it would be admitted. In the fleet place, with reference to the
timely of tea from China, which it has been feared would be inentli-
tient to meet a sudden increased demand from this country, without
occasioning a serious rise of price in the Canton market. The popu-
Ittion of the Chinese provinces, as quoted be Dr. Morrison from an °Metal
must's ukken in 102 S, was 3,52,866,012, and we may fairly conclude that
during the last twenty years this population has extensively increased.
If we hemline the annual consumption of tea at 41h. per head, and this
is no unreasonableaesumption in a country where, to quote bas
murras,,, valuable work on China, tea "is the national drink, whisk is
presented on every occssion, served up at every feast, and even lOU
on the public roads," we shall have a tolerably accurate result sato
the total eonsumption in the empire. Indeed this computation tab
anon of Vie actual restive consumption in the Island of Jersey, where
Slb. is the mutual allowance of each individual. if we multiply We
population of China by four, we have-
-1 consumption of tea in China 1,411,464,0111
Export to Great Britain and Ireland, as shown by the
Chinn hlnd for the year ending 30th June, 1816
Export to the rnited Stales (same authority) 18,502,141
Ditto to Holland, spout] from Davis's " China "
Inland Trade to Rueeia, ditto
Export to Hamburgh. Bremen, Demerit, Swedes, &e ,
seven cargoes, about
Export to Sydney and Australia
Ditto to Spiin and France, 4 cargoes 2,000,000
Total lbs. 1,503050,737
The above is exclusive of the heavy exportation in Chinese vessels to
all
parts of the East whore Chinese emigrants are settled, such as Ton-
cum, Cochin Cl.ina, Cambodia, Siam, the Phillippines. Borneo, and
the various settlements within the Straits of Malacca. In comparison
with such an enormous quantity, the forty-five millions of
pomtnds
annually consumed in the United Kingdom sink into insigni
being nut quite three per cent. of the entire production of the Chinese
empire. It is therefore clear that, were the demand to be doublet
from Great Britain, it would make very little difference in the Chimesl
market, since it would to only a question of letting us have six pee
cent. of their growth of the article instead of three. When we re-
member that the tea pleat attains to maturity in three years, and Its
leaves are then fit for pickin ; and that there ie a vast extent of
country to which It indigenog ns, growing in every climate between
the Equator and the latitude of forty-five degrees} It is evident that,
were there a neeecity for it, the setual production of tea in China
could be increased to an almost unlimited extent in the space of three
or four }'can,
an extent far more than compensating for the extra
three per cent which might be, In the first instance, required by the
British. The certainty of an increased consumption following upon a
reduction in the price of tea to the actual consumers of it, is so ob-
Motts as to require demonstration to there only who have not consi-
dered the subject. In Great Britain and Ireland, with a
populatim of twenty-seven millions, the actual annual con.
sumption of ea ia only 43,595,265 Ito., or little more than one pound
anti a half fore ach individual. In the neighbouring island ofJersey,
where the duty on tea instead of being 2s. 20., is only 4d. per lb.,
there are dye pounds of tea consumed by every inhabitant yearly ; and
as we mar fairly infer (ruin analogy that similar results would arise
from a Millar cause, the consumption in the United Kingdom in the
same ratio would amount to no less than one hundred and th'rty-five
millions of pounds annually. Nor is it solely to an increase in the
consumption of tea that we must look to prevent any deficiency in the
revenue, as there is no doubt that areduction in the price of the article
would lead to a prodigious increase in the quantity of sugar consumed,
especially by the lower enaCa, who seldom take the one without the
other. It is not however merely that they would buy sugar in pro-
portion to the quantity of tea that they consume ; the circumstance
of a smaller sum being requisite for their week'y stock of tea would
enable them to spend a larger amount in other artielee, among which
sugar would undoubtedly be one of the most important. The mer-
chant, shipowner, manufacturer, and all connected with the trade be-
tween Great Britain and China, are in a position to see the prodigious
advantages that such a measure as the reduction of the impost on tea
would occasion to the general trade of the country : and the public at
large, who are not practically familiar with the subject, only require
it to he brought before them in a distinct point of view, when the im-
portant results of such areduction canard fail to be apparent to them.
—A Memera OF TUC AMOursTION FOR vita It)IDUCTION OF THE DUTY
On Tee.
THE. LATE MR. MARSIL—We have received the
following suggestion for the benefit of the widow of this
eminent but ill-paid chemist :
Dr. Mar. of Ratliff iland, suggests most respectfully that •
European Marsh,n, in aid of the widow and farnily of
the late Chemist of arsenical-test notoriety, shonid he at
once set on foot. What would be better than every medical mar,
every chemist, eve q philanthropist forwarding his six postage stamps
to a person that will he kind enough to receive the same, and a com-
mittee to consult what would be the best use to concert the sum into,
for the aid of the widow and faintly' Who, after reading his various
papers, would for a moment think of delaying a plan for the relief of
all that was dear to departed worth and neglected talent?
Our correspondent will be glad to learn that a public sub-
scription for the widow end family of this distinguished
chemist has been orginated at Woolwich, to increase the
pittance of 201. voted by the Board of Ordnance to Mrs.
Marsh. The Woolwich Consumers' Gas Company, of which
Mr. Marsh was the superintendent, have granted the sum
of 201., and Mr. Barlow has contributed 211., and it is ex-
pected that in a short time a sum will be raised sufficient to
place the family above the immediate reach of want. Memo-
rials have been forwarded to the various learned societies
with which he was connected, the Royal Society of Arts
(amongst others) having voted Mr. Marsh their silver medal
for his test for the detecting of minute quantities of arsenic.
TILE POST-OFFICE AND THE " ROW." Notwith-
standing the fact that more letters are posted from Pater-
noster-row than from any other street in the metropolis of
equal length or population, no post-office is nearer this mart
of the"trade" than the General-office, and the sub-post-office
at the comer of Stationers'-court, Ludgate-hill. Now, the
evening bell of the postman is discontinued ; this is a public
evil ; and when the great and almost insurmountable diffi-
culty of posting at St. Martin's-le-grand, just before the
closing of the letter boxier, is taken into consideration, it
becomes a most urgent requirement on the part of the book-
sellers in the " Row " that the matter should, without
delay, be taken into the consideration of her Majesty's Post-
master-General.
A PRETTY IDEA.—A young lady, who is partial to
silk stockings, declares that she is rejoiced at Professor
Sebonbein's discovery of gun cotton; as cotton will now be
eanerally exploded.—Punch.
FIRES.—NARROW ESCAPE.—Vestorday forenoon a
fire broke out at No. 1, Crown-court, Great Trinity-lane,
City, occupied by Mr. Thomas Lane, which was nearly
attended with very disastrous consequences. During the
absence of the mother, three small children were left alone,
in a room on the ground-floor, when they commenced play-
as g with the fire, and set the bed and furniture in flames.
The discovery, having been very opportunely made by some
et the neighbours, the children were rescued ; but the flames
keying obtained such a strong hold, it was found necessary
to send for the engines. The firemen and engines from
Watling-street station promptly attended, and the fire was
en-n extinguished. The smoke that was caused by the
burning of the heel was so dense, and of such a suffocatint
nature, that an aged female at the top of the house was pre-
veuted from descending the stairs, and she had just got to
one of the upper windows, and was in the act of throwing
herself out, when she was laid hold of by Morris, one of the
firemen, who carried her down stairs, and thereby saved her
life. Mr. Lane, unfortunately, was uninsured.—Fins IN
PARICER-STREET,DRCRY-LANE.—Last night, shortly before
midnight, an alarming fire was discovered burning upon the
premises in the occupation of Mr. W. Playwell, timber
bender, No. 16, Parker-street, Drury-lane. The flames ori-
ginated in the lower floor of the workshop, and extended to
the upper story, seizing in their progress upon a considerable
quantity of the stock in trade. Several engines arrived,preceded
by a couple of escapes belonging to the Royal Society for the
Protection of Life from Fire. Plenty of water being procured,
the firemen at once brought the engines to bear upon the
flamer, but they having previously got so strong a hold of the
stock-in-trade and the building, that nearly an hour was
lost before the fire was extinguished, and not before consi-
derable injury was done, by fire and water, to the premises
and their contents. The origin of the outbreak could not
be ascertained ; when the works were closed about ten
o'clock, the fires were extinguished, and the place appeared
Perfectly safe. Fortunately, Mr. Playwell was lamed in
the Rand-in-Hand Fire-010kt
ACCIDENT.—FALL OF THREE HOESES.—Loss OF
lara.—yesterday evening, between the hours of five
and six o'clock, the utmost excitement was created in
the neighbourhood of Pelham-square, Old Brompton, in
comequence of the sudden falling of three newly-erected
unfinished houses, situated on the south side of a
recently-formed thoroughfare, known as Alfred-place,
Pelham-square. It appears that about a quarter of an
hour previous to the occurrence of the distilling
calamity, upwards of twenty men were employed on tie
remises, but in consequence of the approaching darkness not
Permitting them to continue their work, they, with the ex-
ception of three, left the buildings. James Hashey, William
ktocney, and Patrick O'Sullivan were the names of the three
marriduals left at work. They were engaged at the top of
„,the_,Prerhaws. preparing some scaffolding, when they were
""•".., upon by' a fellow-labourer, named Mulliogford, in the
name of God to come down, for the house win falling. • The
en
however, unfortunately, disregarded this warning, and
mertiyy replied that they were not so easily made fools of.
oulavan was then about to descend a ladder, but before
aehadd reached the bottom the house fell in with
(Tub, immediately followed by the falling of the
a load
a_d)ouing house on the left aide, and also the partial falling
oil that on the right. The workman who was descending
the ladder was pitched heavily forward, through which he

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little wood and up the dell ,just mentioned, a place fit for
musings on sacred things. I would not, however, by any
mean', advise either the minister or his intended neighbours
to enter on their new hesitations this winter unless they have
gotten especial dispedutions against rheumatism, asthma,
and consumption. Ti would seem though as if something of
the kind was intended, for at one of the doors lay a heap of
coal, and in the grate was a blazing fire, indicating that ere
long the wife, the means, and the household goods, would
arrive at their new home.
I know not how it has happened, but amongst aR
the regulations, and proposed regulations, for presents'
health in towns, I have not heard of one for preventing the
too speedy occupation of newly built houses. In one suburb
of Manchester, I have frequently known cellars and founda-
tions dug, houses built, or rather run up, and families in
them, cellars and all, within a few months. I have fre-
quently known this to belie place on the word of sites which
could be selected—namely, on ground which had been
recently formed by rubbish carted to the spot. A
hollow wants filling ; a broken and inconvenient
space requires to be levelled in order to make it
into " building ground." A board is then exhibited
with the words, " Rubbish may be shot down here." Well,
the rubbish is shot down ; the place is levelled ; it is " made
into ground," as they say, labourers dig; houses arise—
pretty, neat-looking bowies ; families come into them—per-
haps, amongst others, shall be • newly-married couple, or so.
Then you shall see, on a morning, how buy the young
happy-looking wife will be, rubbing her windows, which are
streaming with dew, or scouring her door-stone ; whilst inside
you may get • glan-e of • clean white floor, • new
table, with breakfast-things set out, and a cheerful fire,
with a bright copper kettle steaming upon it, indicating
that the happy twain are about to partake their morning's
meal. Things go on in this way some time ; the
smart little wife is always so brisk in a morning, and she
rubs the windows, deans her steps, and throws open her
door to the cool sweet air with so blithe a will that you
become interested in her happiness from seeing her 10
happy. At last you pass the door, and the young
*mature is not at her wonted task. On many morn-
you traverse the road and she is not seen.
Tau look at the house, and notice that the blinds
ars down. One whom you know to be a doctor is
mut observed on the premises, and soon after that, if you
Isn't behold a flitting of the young folks and their goods,
you will be almost certain'to witness a funeral. Hundreds
et lives are in this way lost every year, without the least
consciousness on the part of the victims that they are in the
smallest danger of incurring serious or fatal disease. Let
our philanthropic and benevolent statists look alter
this ! Let them procure a statute, or a clause of a statute,
that no house, whether in town or country, shall
be inhabited until it has been built and seasoned
(luring a certain time, nor even then, until it has been visited
and inspected by • person appointed for that purpose who has
duly certified that it is in a fit state for habitation.
But, returning from this well-meant digression to our i
more immediate object, we have now arrived at Walkden
Moor, a straggling hamlet of cottages, with a neat little
brick church striped with ivy, an infant's school, a: homely-
looking hoetel,* juvenile school, snd a provision shop or two,
besides which one cannot Gil to observe the tr ro colliery
chimney., with the engine-houses, headstocks, and other
'eluding tackle of the works. Through the hamlet so de-
erribed, passed the broad and well paven road from Man-
chester to West Houghton, Wigan, and Chorlcy ; a firm,
dry, and durable road it is, and indeed must be, to bear the
heavy grinding:of the coal carts which are always upon it.
Having a note of introduction to one who was well quali-
fied, and as well disposed to afford me every information
relative to the place, its inhabitants, their occupation, and
condition in life, my chief difficulty was overcome when I
had the pleasure of bidding the party referred to " good
morning.' Betwixt practical men business is soon under-
stood and as soon entered upon ; and the result in the present
instance is as follows :
There are probably from 1:50 to 200 dwellings at Welkden
Moor, and within haf a mil of it, and nearly the whole of
them are the property of thee Earl of Ellesmere. They are,
so far as my observation enabled me to judge, clean,
comfortable, airy cottages, nearly all of them having
spacious gardens attached, and ninny with groands sufficient
to grow vegetables for the families consumption the year
round. In each of those I visited there was a good blazing
coal fire, the hearths were consequently wane, and the
floors dry, things of no small consequence where there are
either aged persons or young children to accommodate. The
walls, which were cleanly white-washed, were decorated
with the usual homely, but highly coloured sort of pictures
which arc common amongst the workingelasses. The houses
seemed to haec been inhabited originally by weavers, and
in several dwellings, one room, that which was formerly the
weaving shop, was unoccupied. At one house, two stout
young fellows who appeared to have just come from the pit,
were preparing a meal of bread, cheese, and bacon, to which
I hoped they would be enabled to add a draught of good home
brewed ale apiece. We talked with a decent-looking man
who seemed to be the head of the family, about these things,
and he quite agreed with me, that the evils connected
with drinking, arose not from the proper use of liquors,
but from the abuse of them ;thin and
Wtheat
heard Vital abonstinence
from alcohol was a good g•
ly one
complaint at these houses, and that was from a smart
rosy-cheeked lass, who wore a twist of blue betas on
her neck, a short kirtle or vest, and a linsey-woolsey peti-
coat ; she complained that her oven was near falling down
for want of resetting, and we joked her on the hard service
she had put it to, as it was evident from its state of delapida-
tion. She took all in good humour, and joined in the joke.
Very few young women were seen in the village. When
the act for preventing the working of females in mines came
into operation, the women here, as at moat other places,
were very reluctant to comply with the act, and they would,
no doubt, have dared the consequences of disobeying it, if
their employer would have connived at their attempt.
When, however, they were refused employment in
the mines, they began to look elsewhere for it. As
many as could went to factory work; as many as could
got married to a certainty, and the others were variously dis-
posed of. Perhaps not fewer than a hundred young girls,
and young married women, whose homes are at this place,
walk every morning, and in all weathers, to the factories at
Halshaw -Moor, a distance of two miles. Others go as far
as Clifton to work, which is much further, but these take
lodgings, and only return at the week's end. A factory Of
two, or a silk-mill, would answer very well at Walkden ;
coals would be cheap, and might be waggoned to the fire-
place, and hands, particularly for carding and weaving,
would be abundant. Whether or not, however, the noble
owner of the property would like a factory population to ac-
cumulate so near him would be another question.
The deepest shaft here is 154 yards, but one is in the ammo
of sinking which will be 200 yards in depth. The seams
vary from 20 inches to seven feet in thickness ; the men work
according to the demand, which, of course, varies; but the
average duration of their labour will be from air to eight hours
per day; they are paid according to the ertantity they get,
and their earnings will average from 18 to 20 shillings
weekly, out of which they find their awn candles and
tools. There are about 1,300 men and boys employed in the
collieries on various parts of the property of the Earl of
Ellesmere. They are paid fortnightly, on the Wedneeday.
The place of payment is at a short distance from the works I
have been describing. In the midst of a large apace of about
sixty acres, which his lordship has had laid out as a place
of
recreation, stands a kind of quaintly ornamented cottage, sad
this, besides being a reading-room for such as cheese
to resort to it, is also the place where the wages era
paid. The mode in which the claims of these 1,300
hands rre disposed of, is worthy of imitation by
other large employers. The canonize of every hand
during the fortnight having been ascertained from the
books, his wages are counted, and placed in a compartment
containing a number corresponding with the number of a
ticket which he holds. On his entrance into the room, he ad-
vances to the table, and, exhibiting his ticket, the money
which stands on his number is given to him, and he walks
out of the place without a moment being lost or • word
being spoken. The business is thus disposed of with quick-
ness and ease, and the men, instead of being decoyed to the
ale-house, and tempted to spend their earnings, are paid at a
distance from such places, and are encouraged to carry their
wages entire to their families.
There are no beer-houses or hush-shops on the property ;
there is but very little betting or gambling carried on ; no
" ledger sweeps," nor cock-fightings. Occasionally the men
get up a foot-race or two, and then, as might be expected, the
usual love of hazard is exhibited in wagers amongst them-
selves, bat of trifling amount.
The church is so well attended on Sundays, that it has
been deemed expedient to build one much larger; the ground
for this purpose is staked out on a site near the
present structure, and the building, which will be
calculated to accommodate a thousand persons, will be
commenced as soon as the church which is in the course of
erection at Wortley is finished. The infant school is a
capacious building near the present church; and 195
children, from two to seven years of age, attend it. At the
time I visited the place, the master was practising them in
the rudiments of arithmetic ; the children were all clean and
healthy looking, but many of them were far too young to
feel interested by the instruction : they seemed listless and
weary. When the master should have pronounced the word
eight, he called it hate; thus the children had hate, hateen,
and twenty-hate, and they pronounced strictly after him.
The pronunciation of a whole district may by such example
be totally altered and corrupted in a abort time. The heads
of the schools which furnish instructors for the rising genera-
tion, should take care that their pronunciation is English.
On the opposite side of the mad from that of the church
and the infant school, stands a handsome stone building,
In which are the juvenile school, the training school for
servants, and the residence of the master and mistress.
About 135 boys and girls attend the juvenile school, and
are instructed in reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar,
phy, and music. The girls who are trained u servants,
Cides attending the juvenile school during certain hours,
sleep and board in the house, and perform in turns all
the duties requisite for the perfect cleanliness of the place,
and the washing, making, and repairing of their own attire.
At the time I saw them they were dining on good broth and
dumplings, and a healthy half-score of growing girls
they seemed. It is ,perhaps needless for me to state
that this particular establishment is under the especial pa-
tronage of Lady Ellesmere, who takes great interest in its
prosperity, and generously provides for all the wants of her
humbleprotegas. The number is limited to twelve. At
present there are two vacancies; and I learned with some
surprise that neither parents nor children in the neigh-
bourhood evinced much anxiety to obtain the boon so benefi-
allay tendered. The parents, with some exceptions, ap-
peared more desirous to send their children out to fac-
tory work, and the children seemed to prefer the compare-
tt.vely unrestrained life they led to the strict order and rep.
Why to which must submit during • course of instructs=
necessary to make them orderly and industrious domestic
servants. Whether, however, this establishment realise
Lady Ellesmere's hopes, or otherwise, that the motive which
led to the attempt is worthy of ell commendation be
mot
disputed.—:lnv. 9th, 1816.

sustained numerous very serious wounds, likely to result
fatally. His companion, Mooney, by some providential
rueans, escaped almost entirely unhurt, but Kashey was
buried in the ruins, and, from the nature of the fall, was
doubtless instantly killed ; and, it being quite dark by this
time, the street being but indifferently lighted with gas, no
efforts could be made to recover the body of the deceased.
Shortly after 11 o'clock last night, several persona fancying
they heard moans proceeding from the ruins, ventured upon
the, and were about to raise some of the fallen timbers,
whets another portion of the already half-demolished house
gave way, and fell with a heavy crash, and a brick falling on
the head of a labourer, named Hawkins, he was knocked
down, and very seriously wounded. The deceased, Kashey,
about two or three weeks since, while employed on the same
works, met with an accident of such a severe nature, as to
confine him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital up to but a day
previous to his melancholy and violent death. He, it was
understood, has left a wife and family to mourn his loss.
The property thus destroyed belonged to Mr. Holmes, an
extensive house-owner in that district.
INQUESTS.--A LEAP FROM LONDON-BRIDGE.—By
Mr. Baker, at the Town of Ramsgate, Wapping, on the body
of James Woolrich, ag' d twenty-one a painter lately residing
in Devonshire-street, New North-road. It appeared that the
deceased was attached to a young woman, of the name of
Ellen Pillion, living at 41, Little Leonard-street, Finsbury.
He called on her for the last time on the evening of the 22nd
ult., when he left a lock of his hair in a letter, which he
at the door of her room. The following morning his
etc.:elm found in one of the recesses of London-bridge, in
which was the card of his address, with the word " dead"
written on it with a lead pencil. There was a letter also in
it addressed to Miss Pillion, in the following words: " Dear
Ellen,—Give my love to all, and tell them I wish you to be
my chief mourner. Farewell for ever." The body was
discovered on Tuesday morning in the paddle wheels of a
steam-tug, lying off the Town of Ramsgate. No cause can
be assigned for the act. Verdict " Found Drowned."—
MANSLACOATEIL PROM FURIOUS Mums:G.—At Guy's
Hospital, before Mr. William Payne, on the body of Thomas
Roberts, aged 33, a coach painter.—Robert Pool, a fellow-
workman, said that, on Monday evening last, he and the
deceased were standing at the corner of Prince of Orange-
lane, near the Greenwich terminus, bidding good night to a
man, named John Maloney, when he heard a rattling on the
stones, caused by a horse and cart going at a very rapid pace
as well as witness could judge, at the rate of ten-and-a-half
miles, or more, an hour. Witness saw one of tha wheels
strike the deceased, and knock him against his companion.
They were both knocked down, and when witness went to
their assistance he found them both dreadfully injured.
Deceased was taken to the hospital.—Constable B.
Lovell, 311 R, said he had made inquiries, and found that a
cart answering the description of the one spoken of was at
Greenwich on Monday, and returned to London at half-past
twelve at night. This cart belooted to Mr. Langford, of the
Borough, who, after at first denying, then admitted that he
had been at Woolwich and Greenwich that day.—Mr.
Edward Lund, the boost surgeon, said the deceased was
admitted into the hospital, and died from the injuries.—The
Coroner said that further evidence was necessary be-
fore the jury could return their verdict; and the
inquest was accordingly adjourned for that purpose.—
HORRIBLE DESTITUTION.—Before Mr. Carter, at the Sea
Lion, Wootton-street, Lambeth, as to the death of Margaret
Riley, aged two years, the daughter of Wm. Riley, a coach-
smith, living at 2, Victoria place, who died under the follow-
ing circumstances :—The jury, upon going to view the body,
had a shocking sight presented to them. The child was a
perfect skeleton, and most dreadfully deformed. The room
had not an article of furniture save a chair, and, although
only seven feet square, was occupied by seven persons.—Eli-
zabeth Batty, the landlady of the house, stated that when
the father and six children came to reside at her house, the
deceased was very much' emaciated—she and the other
children were without food from morning till night. Upon
one occasion a dustman saw the child lying on some rags in
the kitchen, and he said her state frightened him, she was so
emaciated. She was then taken to Mr. Dawson, of the York-
road, surgeon, who gave her medicine and en ord for wine,
arrow-root, die. The ware of the child was brought on, she
thought, from 'want of proper nourishment. The other
children, except the eldest, who was eleven years old, went
out to get what they could by sweeping crossings or beggaig.
The deceased got pieces of bread from the people in the
house, the feather only giving them a bit of bread fur break-
fast, and then leaving them ; the bread might be scalded
with a little water. The eldest worked for a penny or two-
pence to buy bread to give the other children.—The Coroner:
How did they sleep ?—Witness : Father and six children on
one bed on the floor. She added the people were afraid to
touch the child for fear it should fall to pieces : it was lifted
up in a blanket. The father could have found more food
from what he earned. The child died on Sunday.—Mr.
Dawson, the surgeon, said the child was brought to him in a
very neglected state. He had reason to think the child had
not the food he ordered, and he wrote in the parish book,
"The child is starved by its erarents." The abscess was
scrofulous, and would produce emaciation without proper
nourishment, which it did not have.—The father said he got
all he could, and divided amongst the children and declared
much against the eldest daughter.—Thej ury returned a verdict
of " Natural death, accelerated by want of proper food."—
SUICIDE OF A STUDENT AT GUY'S HOSPITAL RY Pausste
ACID.—By Mr. Carter, at the Mason's Arms, Horsemonger-
lane, on the body of Mr. Edward William Farley, aged 22,
a student at Guy's Hospital, who was rumoured to have de-
stroyed himself by means of prussic acid. The deceased was in-
timate with another medical student named Lockwood, who
resided at 3, Winter-terrace, Horsemonger-lane, and called
on him on Wednesday last. They were much together
until Saturday, during which time ?dr. Lockwood had bled
him twice for a pain in his side. On Saturday evening, at
seven o'clock, Mr. Lockwood left him lying en the sofa read-
ing, while he (Mr. Lockwood) went to see a friend named
Mills. They returned at nine, when Mr. Lockwood was
surprised at finding the fire and candle out. The folding-
doors being open, he could see some one lying on the bed,
who, he discovered, was the deceased. He went
to him, and finding his hands were clammy and
cold, called for a light, and then found he was
to all appearanes dead. While he went for Mr. Itendle, a
surgeon, in Blackman-street, Borough, Mr. Mills found a
paper on the table in the deceased's writing, as follows:
Itendle will be the best person to break the news at home,
therefore send for him to come here." Upon the return of
Mr. Lockwood with Mr. Rendle, the former smelt the
deceased's breath, and said " liere it is." The breath had
the odour of almonds, or apples. The coroner complained
that he had had no information of these facts, and it was
only from something he had heard he had directed the body
to be opened. Brooks, the constable, said he did not know
it, and the friends did not want an inquest held.—Mr. Boddy,
of Walworth-road, surgeon, who had opened the body, said
the odour of prussic acid on opening the chest was evident,
and he had no doubt that was the cause of death.—ln order
to satisfy the friends, and to show that such was the fact,
the coroner directed the stomach, unopened, to be taken
to Dr. Leeson, of Guy's Hospital, to analyse the con-
tents, and for that purpose adjourned the inquirySLOPWOlte AND DISTITUTION.—MINSLAVOIITER.—Before
Mr. W. Baker by adjournment, at the Duke of Wellington,
John-street, Limehouse, on the body of Julia Fitzgerald,
aged sixteen years, who died on Friday last, from the effects
of injuries she received on the Bth of September last, during
a quarrel with a family named King.. The deceased was a
waistcoat-maker, and formerly lived with her mother, at No.
8, Samuel-street, Limehouse-fields. The family consisted of
five individuals, the deceased, her widowed mother, two
sisters, and a brother, and they occupied a small room. They
were all employed in snaking up slop-work, by which they
obtained a very miserable subsistence. The particulars of
the case appeared in yesterday's paper, under the above
head. The furniture of the family had been destrained by a
former landlord, named King. The severe treatment she
received from Mrs. King and her son and daughters was
proved by several witnesses, who saw the blows and kicks
inflicted. On Saturday, the 31st of October, Mr. Horton, a
surgeon, of High-street, Stepney, was called in for the first
time to see the deceased. She was lying upon the floor, in a
miserable apartment, in which there was scarcely any furni-
ture and no bedding in the room. The whole family ap-
peared to be suffering from want of sufficient food and cloth-
ing. The deceased was in a very emaciated state, and
was evidently suffering from pleurisy. She co -tinued to get
worse, and lingered until Friday last, when she died. Mr.
Horton made a post-mortem examination. There was an ex-
tensive inflammation of the pleura, which might have been
produced by cold. It was possible but not probable that the
inflammation was caused by violence.—The Coroner sum-
med up at great length, and the jury, after deliberating for
nearly an hour, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against
Richard King, the younger,Sarah Green, and Jane Sumner,
his sisters," and Mr. Baker immediately issued his warrant
for their apprehension and committal to Newgate. A sub-
scription was then entered into on behalf of the deceased's
unfortunate mother. The worthy Coroner considered the
case deserving of public sympathy, and contributed 1011.—
Tentowo PROM A CART.—By Mr. Bedford, at the San,
Clement's-inn, on the body of Mary Roxberry, aged 83.
The deceased, who was very hale and hearty, was an inmate
of the Holborn Estate Almshouses, Clement's-lane. On
Monday, the 2nd inst., her son, a compositor at the Queen's
printer's, took her out in a chaise cart to visit some relations
over the water, and were returning in the evening along the
Strand, when opposite Norfolk-street the near wheel of the
cart came in contact with a coal waggon, and, by the concus-
sion,theywere both thrown out onto the horse's back, falling
from there to the ground. Deceased, who seemed to suffer
in the extreme, was taken home, and attended by Mr. Dunn,
surgeon, of Norfolk-street, but she rapidly declined, and died
on Monday last, from exhaustion, consequent on the shock
her nervous system had sustained, by falling as described.
Verdict, "Accidental death."

A WALK AMONGST THE WORKERS.
COLLIERS AT WALHDRN MOOR.
A fine breathing step of some nine miles, on one of
the brightest November mornings that ever looked o'er
England, brought me to the descending road from Swinton
to the above place. The country is one of open wood,
chiefly stunted oak, with some ploughed land, and meadow
pasture : in the distance, on either side, are neat farm-
bonen of brick and mostly new, with roofs and
weather-boards in the old fashion. Then we come
to neat cottages, standing back from the road-
side, with gardens full of winter greens in front • then,
again, we have a stretch of brown rushy field land; next,
some wood, with stately young elm and ash intermingled ;
then a green dell, with dark clear water tumbling along
under the alder and bezel copse, all merry, as it were,
in the bright pale sun, and the cool ruffling wind.
Such a dell may you find at Linnet-skasr ; and
a little further, three cottages were in the course
of being finished ; " one for the parson," as my
informant said, and the other two icy labourers. The minis-
ter, whoever he may be, will trore a pretty green alley b.e-
fore his door, which he will jr,obably have the good test o to
convert into a warm and well-sheltered garden, frr,ot the
bottom of which he maT turn and take a walk thro,agh the

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EY NING, NOVEMBER 13, 1846.

IRELAND..

- - -
DUBLIN, Nov. H.
HIS EXCELLENCY Baal. BEESBOROCOE.—The Tipperary
Vindicator of this day publishes a report highly enco-
miastic of our viceroy. It is dated from Carsick, the
post town nearest his Excellency's residence at Bessborough,
and is as follows :—" The Lord Lieutenant arrived in
Pil-
town at rather an advanced hour in the evening of Thursday,
the 6th instant. The cottages were all decorated. Every
person in the village was dressed in holiday attire. The ten-
antry of the neighbourhood, and those from the more distant
parts of the noble lord's estates, went on horseback a con-
siderable distance on the Kilkenny road, by Killamory, and
Nine-mile-house, to escort him to his residence, where the
great virtues of the beloved Countess of Duneannon, his
I lordship's lamented wife, must ever be treasured up in the
grateful heart, of the surrounding population, to whom she
ever proved herself a most munificent benefactress, and
where also, I need not sa7, the noble earl holds a high place
as an improving and considerate landlord. It was the inten-
tion of some of the inhabitants here to illuminate, and have
bonfires for his arrival ; but for many reasons the idea is
abandoned, and I believe no public demonstration will be
made, which is the less needed as there can be no doubt of
the sentiments entertained towards the noble lord by all
clams and parties here."

THE LABOUR RATE ACT.
The following additional proclamation, ordering the hold-
ing of baronial presentment sessions under the above act,
appeared in the Gamete of last night
Meru.—Barmy of Upper Dulcet:, at Ardeath, on Saturtay,
Nov. SI.
In connexion with this subject, and because the gentlemen
who composed the meeting comprise the highest and
wealthiest of the landed gentry of Ireland, I place here the
subjoined report of the proceedings of the Royal Agricul-
tural Society of Ireland, who have agreed that for the
present they shall include, in their category of questions
be discussed, political topics.
MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF IRELAND.
A special meeting of the members of the above society wee
held to-day, at the society's office, No. 41, Upper Sackville-
street. Amongst the members of the society present we
observed, his Grace the Hake of Leinster, the Earl of Erne,
Sir George Hodson, Bart., Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and
several other persons of distinction and influence. The
chair was taken by his Grace the Duke of Leinster.
Mr. CHARLES ROPER then came forward. He said
that he rose to move the first resolution, which was,
"that under the existing circumstances of the country,
as to the suspension of the 14th rule, so far as to
enable the society to express their opinions as to the
profitable and reproductive employment of the people ; the
general and thorough drainage, subsoiling and clearing of
land; and the production of food at the present crisis." The
rule alluded to is as follows :—" That it be a fundamental
rule of the society that no question shall be discussed at any
of i's meetings of a political tendency, or which shall refer to
any matter to be brought forward, or pending, in either of
the Houses of Parliament." Now he (Mr. Roper) objected
to the latter paragraph of this rule, which prevented them
from referring to matters which were or might be pend-
ing before Parliament ; and if it was to remain open,
still to restrict them, they could not consider any of
these important questions which he alluded to, and
were suggested to every man's mind by the awful state of
distress in the country. The passing of the labour rate
act called for some movement in that society. Hence
they considered it necessary to call a general meeting
to have the question formally settled—to have the society
finally declare whether or not it would consent then to
have done what the council had frequently done with its
consent. The sum that should be raised to supply the con-
sequences resulting from the loss of the potato was immense.
Lord John Russell, in his letter to his grace, had stated that
the potato crop occupied one-fifth of the arable land in Ire-
land. Now, if that were the case, it must strike every one
as to the dreadful loss sustained; and, also, the vast quan-
tity of other articles of food that would be required to supply
the deficiency. Colquhoun averaged the potato crop of Great
Britain as worth 16,000,0001., and M'Cullagh said it was
value for, at least, 12,000,0001. Such was the extent of the
lose sustained by the cnintry ; and it was well known that it
would take three acres of corn to supply, as an article of food,
one of potatoes ; so that the produce of 3,000.000 acres of corn
would be required for the loea 0f1,300,0000f potatoes. Now,
if there was to be an expenditure of money to be raised off
the land, that that money was not to be reproductively ex-
pended, that they were to go on with a compulsory taxation
for the employment of the people on unproductive and use-
less works, and that the money was to go out of the country
to buy foreign food, the matter would he soon wound up.—
If they could not fill up the gap made in the country, things
would be soon brought to • stand still. The Indian trade of
corn would, no doubt, open another branch of business to
the English manufacturer.
The Duke of LEINSTER here interrupted the learned
gentleman, and said,—This is the vary inconvenience I find
in this question. You are now entering into a subject of
political economy.
Mr. ROPER—I beg pardon.
The Duke of LEINSTER—I have listened with great interest
to you, hut this is not the room for such discussion.
Mr. Roe en—l merely tefer to the necessity of our assist-
ing ourselves, instead of depending on others tor food ; and I
only ask to suspend this rule to enable us to de so. The
learned gentleman then read a long letter from Lord Clan-
carty, approving of the meeting, and, stating it as his opinion,
that the rule should only be suspended for a limited time ;
and proceeded to observe that his lordship was a high
authority on such a subject. He then said he thought it
had been mischievously attempted, and he regretted it very
much, to introduce this matter as a political one, and to mix
up the name of Mr. O'Connell with it. Mr. O'Connell, he
admitted, had but lately joined them, but they had many
valued members on their books who disapproved of the
society at first, and afterwards joined it.
The DUKE of LEINSTER—The Earl of Clancarty, for
instance.
Mr. ROPER replied that such was the case, and the only
difference was that Mr. O'Connell took a longer time to be-
come a convert. Mr. O'Connell had not joined them, he
believed, with any political motive, but in order to do what
he could to benefit the country under its existing distress.
Mr. O'CONNELL : My Lord Duke, I beg the learned gen-
tleman's pardon, for a moment. I came here to obey your
rules, and not to contradict them—l came to be one of you—
to be obedient to all your laws and regulations; and if my
presence causes any unpleasantness here or elsewhere I shall
retire. (Loud cries of " No.") With that demonstration I
am satisfied.
Mr. ROPER proceeded to say that the Agricultural Society
was never a political body, and would be one for the first
time if it objected to Mr. O'Connell; and then, in conclusion,
moved the resolution suspending the 14th general rule.
Mr. THOMAS BALL seconded the motion, which was put,
and declared to be carried, although Vie following proceed-
ings showed that there was some inaccuracy.
Mr. Witsos then rose, and proposed as an amendment,
that it was advisable to suspend so much of the 14th rule as
precluded the society from referring to any matter to be
brought forward, or pending in either House of Parliament,
in order to enable the council to express their opinions as to
the employment of the people upon the drainage, subsoiling,
and clearing of the land, and the production of food, and
that the suspension of the said portion of the rule be ex-
tended to the general meeting of the society, to be held in
spring, 1847.
Mr. Roper withdrew his resolution to make way for Mr.
Wilson's.
Mr. LATOUCHE proposed, as an amendment, that the so-
ciety do strictly adhere to the fourteenth fundamental rule
—that no question should be discussed at any of its meetings
of a political tendency, or referring to any matter to be
brought forward or pending in parliament.
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which he declared
was negatived. A division was called for, and his Grace
' decided that there was • majority against the amendment,
and consequently that the original motion of Mr. Wilson was
carried.
Mr. MoresxLt, of Tcrvoe, then proposed that the society
should form itself into a committee to take such means as
might appear advisable for obtaining accurate infor-
mation respecting the extent of the benefit derived
from the present mode of providing employment, and
' the deficiencies of same, to report upan such amend-
' meats as were desirable, and submit to the consideration
' of the proper authorities, from time to time, such repre-
• sentations as those inquiries might supply, thus embodying
the collective experience and observation of the society at

iThe resolution having been seconded, was passed.
Mr. FowLea next proposed a resolution to the effect, that
the proper authorities should be impressed with the necessity
of making the townlands the units of subdivisions as to
assessment, in place of electoral divisions ; and that any
proprietor undertaking the amount of case to be levied off
each townland, would be exonerated from the assessment on
the baronies.
Mr. MoxsEtx and other gentlemen, amongst whom was
Mr. O'Connell, supported the resolution, which, after
some opposition, was paased.
Sir Geoanz HVDSON was called to the chair, thanks were
Passed to his grace, and the meeting separated.

.--
MEETING OF ROMAN CATHOLIC PZELATES.—The Pilot
of this evening contains the following announcement:—"The
important question of the law relating to Charitable Bequests
in Ireland, was, we understand, under discussion to-day in
the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy. Their lordships
have brought their deliberations to a conclusion, and the re-
sult, which is not less important than it will prove consola-
tory to the whole Irish people, is, that the assembled prelates
have unanimously resolved to petition parliament for such al-
terations in the present law as will render itacceptable to
**bishops, the clergy, and the people of Ireland."--This
berms* act was a measure upon which Sir Robert Peel
much prided himself; and what renders this movement
against it more remarkable is, that the Roman Catholic Pre-
lates who are appointed to carry out the act, concur in the
petition. They are Drs. Crony, Murray, and concur.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
From the provincial journals of this day I take the fol-
lowing extracts -.
(From the Mayo Constitution.)
BARIBAItOts MURDEFL—An extremely barbarous murder
took place at Clogheen, situated at the boundary of this
county, or. the 2d inst., being the fair night of Ballagha-
derver. The outrage is totally unconnected with that class
of ensue involving the public tranquillity. The result of
the eremination of witnesses at the inquest held on the
4th hist., before Captain Whelan, R.M., and Meredith
Thran, . coroner, led to the committal of the wife
of th murdered man, whose name was Michael Bufle,
The parties were married hut a few months, the ',en=
having been the widow of a former hiaband. It ;twee to
have been managed to get the unfortunate man •;irunk, and
then, when got to his bed, he was murdevr.el in his help-
lessness by a blow on the left aide of the *need, shove the
ear, which frightfully broke in the gv.e"..ter portion of his
skull, the brain protruding. Burke sled been a man of