The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

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the return of a second free-trade member, in the room of Air.
Hodgson Hinde. District committees hare been formed,
and a determination is manifested to rest satialled with
nothing short of success.
DEROTEILME

AN INQUEST RAS BEEN HELD AT CHESTERFIELD OD
the body of a man found in a cesspool. Eridenos was ad-
duced to show that the name of the deceased was Callis,
and that he was last seen on the 7th of December. His fore-
head and hat displayed marks of violence, but the ease being
incomplete, the inquiry was adjourned to Thursday: The
place in which these remains were found is described as
being an awfhl looking. hole or pit, four feet four inches in
depth ; ia general, it a partially filled with nightsoil, and all
descrii tions of filth. It is situate in the yard of what used to
be the Falcon Inn, into which it opens through an open
brick archway, a space of three or four yards only inter-
vening between the entrance and the pit. We trust, saes
the Derbyshire Courier, the authorities of the town will
compel this place to be immediately secured by a door, as
various have been the accidents occasioned by its expord
state. A child recently fell in, and was got out with diffi-
culty ; a poor woman attired the same fate ; and some time
ago a cow rushed in and sunk, and was not got nut without
the efforts of many men. It is amazing that such a nuisance
should have been suffered to continue after these various
mischances.

NVIMBOIINE —An accident of a serious nature occurred to
the Her. H. Good, LL.B., on his return from Weymouth
on Monday last. When about half way between Weymouth
and Dorchester, the carriage in which the reverend gentle-
man was riding was driven against by two gentlemen who
were proceeding in an opposite direction, and such was the
.i•dence of the shock that Mr. Good was precipitated to the
ground with much force, and severely bruised, both the
shafts of the carriage being broken. The horse belonging to
the other parties was much injured, and the carriage ren-
d:red useless.
OW MIS 11SVI TO L.

TURNIP DISEARE.—We regret exceedingly to learn from
many fanners who have attended Oxford market, that a same-
whataimilar disease to that of the potato has manifested itself
in many of thecounty amongst the turnips. The turnips
are st7rru in a similar manner to the potatoes ; the leaves
first become affected, and the disease fast spreads into the
heart of the turnip, which in a very short time becomes
rotten, and emits a very offer sive smell. Fears are enter-
tained that the turnip crops will suffer extensively from it.
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On the
afternoon of Friday last, while the half-past eiekt .i dock
train, on its way to. Oxford, was within a mile of that city,
a cow, which had strayed upon the line from a common,
was knocked down by the engine and killed instantaneously.
BERKSHIRE.

WINDSOR CASTLE.—" To SOLD BY AveTrox."—Con-
siderablc alarm was created among Is er Majesty's lieges in
the royal town of Windsor, on the pubdcation, on Saturday,
of an advertisement (surmounted by the Royal Arms, pro-
minently displayed in " large caps"). to the following effect :
" By order of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and
Forests—Windsor Castle, to be sold by ancion " but upon
diving into the small type, it was ascertained that 'quantity
of building materials were to be disposed of, not the Castle
itself !

ship of Sheernese Dockyard. Captain Arthur is the 20th
and the last on the list of captains about to receive their
It UNITED STATES NAPT.—The Washington corre-
spondent of a New Yore paper states that " One of the
most important measures of the present Secretary of the
Navy, is the establishment of a naval school at Annapolis,
where midshipmen, when off a cruise, are to be housed and
instructed in everything that can advance them in their pro-
fession. This school is dea'gncd to contain one hundred
pupils, who are to be trained for their profet ion, taught
naval astronomy, navigation, gunnery, and every other
branch of science that it is useful f,r them to know.

THE ALLEGED MOD.TALITT IN THE AMERICAN SQUA-
DEON.—The Washington Union of August 14 gives a contra-
diction to its previous report respecting the sickness and
mortality in the U.S. squadron in the Gulf of Mexico. It
says
The tumours which were contained I. the letter we received yes-
terday front a correspondent in the Hanumah, are directly contra-
dicted by the official accounts which have been received in the Navy
Deportment. The Raritan has arrived for some days at Pansacula.
She beitge no tale of yellow t vex—tone of her crew has fallen a I
victim to it—the slanting. attributed to the scurvy, and the mortality ,
which Is reported of our vessels off Vera Cruz, are exit aragant exag-
gerations We understand tt.at our aguadrcm is ax h altby us poodbie."
We wish the rumours respecting the desperate condition
of the Vesuvius were equally erroneous ; but recent accounts
fr m Bermuda confirm these we gave on Monday last. The
Vesuvius had left Bermuda fur Halifax with 27 cases of
yellow fever ou board.
According to the last accounts from Vern Cruz, Aug. 2,
and Tampico, July 22, tho-e ports still remained blockaded
Tthe American squadron, consisting of one corvette at
mpico, and two frigates: one corvette, two brigs, and two
steamers off Vera Cruz. The American commodore's fri-
gate (Cumberland, 60 guns) had gone on shore on the An-
ton Lizardo shoals, and been obliged to got all her guns out ;
she got off with the loss of her false keel, and other serious
damage, and it was capected would shortly sail for the States
to repair.
Our advice. front Lisbon of the 30th ult. state that the
squadron of evolution was off the Rock of Lhibon, communi-
eating almost daily with the capital by its steamers. The
I Rattler arrived from the squadron ou the 30J1 tilt, just as
the packet was leaving. On the 27th ult. the Plianiz (s.)
left Gibraltar for Tangier, leaving the Virago in the port.
On the 30th, the Trafalgar, 120, was at Lisbon. The
Spanish frigate Isabella tiegunia, 33, and the Spanish
steam sloop Blasco de Gera; were in the same port.
APPOLVTPILSTS.—Licut. A. it. Dunlap to command .sehermi. Mid.
Wyman 0. D. Murray to IVwfailar.

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IAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1846.

MARLBOROUGH-STREBT.—A &mason AFFAIR
Wilk's/a Templs ers. a person of vary gentlemanly appear-
ance, who was stated to be most reepoctebly connected, and
who had been remanded from the previous day ea a chkrge
of attempting to pick pockets, was brought before Mr. Hard-
wick fur re-examination. In consequence of a consnuinica•
Hen from the authorities at Tothill-fields Prison, to the effect i
that the prisoner had attempted to destroy himself, n close
watch was se upon him by Wilke, the gaoler of the Gault,
until the time appointed for the hearing. On the prisoner
being placed in the dock three or four gentlemen stepped
forward, and expressed their unwillingness to believe that he
could be guilty of the offence imputed to him.—Mr. Hard-
wick requested the clerk to read the evidence that had been
taken against the accused, in order that his friends might be
fully acquainted with the particelara.—The evidence of
Maloney, 20,5 D, was read. It stated that about three oa
the previous afternoon he saw the prisoner in Oxford street
follow two ladies, and lift up the gown of one of them and
put his hand on her pocket, after which he left her. Witness
crossed the road, and asked the lady if she had lost any-
thing, and her name, but she declined giving the its-
formation he required. He followed prisoner, and saw
him again lift the gown of another lady, when he took
him into custody. Nothing of consequence or of a suspicious
nature was found upon 'him. A man who carries a board
about the streets coxflrmed the policeman's statement in part
by declaring that he saw the accused lift one lady's dress as
described. One of the accused's friends said he had bad the
pleasure of his acquaintance for a number of years, and
he was the last person on earth whom he should ever have
thought would have been charged with such an offence. It
appeared so irrecencileable with reason that a gentleman so
connected, and who had been but a short time in London,
should at broad daylight, in a public thoroughfare, attempt
to pick ladies' pockets.—Mr. Hardwick inquired whether the
accused was in any manner known to the police. He was
answered in the negative.—The friends of the accused again
urged upon the magistrate that there must have been same
mistake.—Mr. Hardwick reminded them that two witnesses
bore ocular testimony to the respective attempts. It was the
practice, however, in eases I ke the present, where persons
, were not previously known to the police, to give t' em the
benefit of any doubt which might arise, and to di-charge
, them with a caution. He should, therefore, allow the ee-
-1 cased to be discharged.

CLERK ENWELL.—Ann Saunders was charged with
severely woundin -nuns man named William l'ipkin.
The prisoner' revions evening been drunk in the
streets, or,' • a mob of boys, who hooted and
called • rushed into a public-house in
Vie• tent ha.ppeniog to Ito in, she ex-
, " Thu is one of them that
op a large knife, three feet in
previously slightly wounded
chop at his head. He held
• blows, but she continued
.g to have his life. His
The invtzumevt was very
ide at the poor fellow
:rom his shoulder. The
when the landlord, and
oner, took the knife from
of policeman 209 G. She
ning was taken before a
tended in a weak state.
saw, the above particulars, and
proseuv risoner no provocation. He
ppm se e. He bled profusely from
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the counsel, was engaged Aar the Board of Ordnance, end
as waisted by Mr. Clarke, the solicitor of the board. Mr.
Buncombe. the solicitor, attended for the prlsoeer. Mr.
Clarkson stated that the prisoner, while assaulting the com-
plainant, was struck by a gentleman of the Dame of Gunner,
assistant superintendent at the manufactory. His conduct,
however, he thought, could be justified, as it could be shown
that he struck the prisoner in order to protect the life of Mr.
Lovell. Mr. G. Lovell, who was accommodated with •
chair, said, that on Saturday the 22nd ult., he was in the
finishing-room of the manufactory, in company with Mr.
J. Gunner, about 12 at noon. I was going out at the door
when he was struck on the back of his head, by which his hat
'WS/ knocked off. He turned round and saw the prisoner
with a file in his band, which was raised by him, he using
an expression that complainant "had starved his wife and
family." Complainant dosed upon him, and at the same time
the prisoner inflicted another blow on the top of his head
which caused the blood to flow profusely. Complainant was
stunned and called for assistance. Mr. Gunner came up,
and with a gun-barrel inflicted a blow upon the head of the
prisoner which knocked him down. Complainant was
attended to by Mr. Brown, of Waltham Abbey, and
was subsequently removed to bit residence. —By
Mr. Clarkson: I have been since confined five days to my
bed.—By Mr. Buncombe : I have bad complaints from the
man of the prices allowed to the men for the guns. There is
a pattern gun in the view room, but guns are not required
to be better finished than the one in the view room. Mr.
Buncombe : Do you not hold an appointment in the Tower?
—Complainant: I do.—Mr. Duncombs : Were you not
there on the Monday after the assault, in the course of your
duty ?—Complainant : Yes, I was there, but only fur half
an hour.—Mr. Gunner, in corroborating the evidence, said
that when he struck the prisoner it was to protect the life o
Mr. Lovell, which he thought in danger.—Policeman
Bridge, N 372, who apprehended the prisoner, said that he
did no take Mr. Gunner into custody, as Mr. Lovell stated
he would have lost his life had Mr. Gunner not struck
the prisoner. Upon this evidence the chairman remarked
that the bench had decided to send the case to the session...—
Mr. Clarkson observed that the charge am,,untcd to a felony.
The chairman remarked that the bench viewed the case as
one of aggravated assault.—The complainant had admitted '
that he was at the Tower on the Monday.—The prisoner
was then held to bail, himself in 1001, and two sureties of
751. each, to appear at the sessions. On the conclusion of
the above investigation, Mr. Gunner was charged with cut-
ting and maiming George Gowen with intent to do him some
grievous bodily injury.—Mr. Buncombe cud he should
disprove the former evidence by other evidence which the
Crown ought to have brought forward. Three witnesses,
named Smiles, Collins, and Green, then deposed that the
prisoner was secured by the two latter men and Mr. Lovell
when he was struck by Mr. Gunner, and that he was unable
to touch Mr. Lovell. He bad not, at the time, the file in
his hand.—Mr. Asbury, surgeon, Enfield, said that the com-
plainant was for several days in great danger.—Mr. Gunner
was ordered to find bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties of
751. each, to appear at the sessions.—Mr. Clarkson requested
that the depositions might be sent to the Central Crimival
Court, to show to those by whom be was engaged the course
he considered it his duty to recommend to the bench.—The
chairman said that there was a higher court open to Mr.
Clarkson, if he were dissatisfied with the decision of the
bench.