The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-11 00:00:00

intensely warm weedier, Mr. Cochrane advised such an ap.
peal as was last year suggested by the Lord Mayor to the
various water companies, to allow a certain quantity of
water to pees along the streets and clean the gutleys end the
sewers, which were known to be the prolific source of die-
ease. He also advised the inhabitants of the respective
parishes of the mammas to press upon the parochial autho-
eines the advantage of establishing baths and wads/louses
for the poor. On the authority of government officers, it
appeared that no less than 60,000 persons were killed annually
by imperfect sanitary regulations. They were surely " killed"
as much as the poor Irish were last year by want of food.
A series of resolutions were then adopted, to the effect that
the interments of the dead in the midst of the living ought
to be prohibited by law and that the metropolitan parochial
authorities be requested to adopt such precautionary mea-
sures against pest,lence, as the abolition of all e....am0015, the
eatabli-hing of baths and wash-houses, the frequent cleansing
of the streets and gullyholes, the daily removal of decom-
posing and animal matter from the courts, yards, and alleys
of the poor, and the erection of public water-closets and
urinals.
INQUEST, YESTERDAY. SETCIDE FROM VIE
BIitIDEVI AID STEAM-BOAT.—Before Mr. Carter, at the Hero
of Waterloo Tavern, Waterloo-road, on the body of Su-annah
Rose Warren, aged 23 years, of No. 13, Newcastle-court,
Strand, who committed suicide by jumping off the Brides-
maid steamer. On Tuesday last the deceased went on board
the Bridesmaid steam-boat, for Chelsea. She had been
drinking, and whilst on the way commenced singing and
dancing, and when the vessel was discharging the passengers
at Chelsea Pier she suddenly ran from the centre of the
vessel to the larboard gangway and jumped into the river.
She rose to the surface once, but the tide carried her awn
before assistance could reach her. The body of the d
was found on Saturday last near Waterloo-bridge.—Verdict,
" Temporary insanity."

THE ELECTIONS.

MIDDLESEX.

CLOSE or THE Pots,.—The languor exhibited in the first
day's polling at Breatford was continued yesterday by
the drizzling rain, which fell during the greater part
of the day. Even the crowd of nondeacripts who generally
are to be found at every hustings and who seem to take
a lively interest in legislation, although having themselves
nothing to be legislated about, were beguiled away by the
more substantial attractions of the market. The polling pro-
ceeded in the most leisurely manner. At intervals of fifteen
and twenty minutes voters came up in twos and threes, and
recorded their votes with the smallest possible appearance of
excitement or anxiety. Judging from the whole number
polled at all the di-tricts, being about one-third of the first
day's poll, the same description would answer for the whole of
the twelve polling places. Mr.Osborue arrived at the hustings
at 11 o'clock, and would have addressed the electors, but it
was suggested that any address then would interfere with
' the polling, and the hon. candidate therefore adjourned to
his committee-room, from the window of which he addressed
a few observations to the crowd. He began by thanking his
supporters (or their exertions of the previous day, and ex-
pressed his gratification at the position he held on the poll.
The battle, however, was not yet won, and therefore he
hoped for a continuance of their zsalous support, until tho
closing of the poll at four o'clock, when he hoped to fill the
honourable past of their representative in parliament.
He saw among the crowd below him many of the labour-
ing classes, and they might depend upon it that he
would be their representative as well as that of the electors,
and that while he sought some equitable arrangement of
tenant.rights for the farmers, he would also promote every-
thing in the way of legislation, which could ameliorate the
condition of the labouring mass. Mr. o,bsrne, whose oh
nervations were received with warm marks of approval,
would have continued to address the constituency, but his
committee observing that the committee-room gradually be-
came more attractive than the hustings induced him to
defer further observations until the declaration day. At
four o'clock the poll finally closed, when it was expected
that the candidates, successful and rejected, would severally
address the electors. The only address, however, with which
the constituency was gratified was a very short one from Mr.
Sheriff Challis, who informed them that he had induced the
candidates to defer their observations until the official de-
claration, because it was impossible, until the poll-books had
been made up, to tell how the candidates exactly stood. The
gross poll is differently stated by the different committees.
The following are their several returns :
Lord Grosvenor's amount. Mr. Osborne's. Colonel Wood's
Grosvenor 4,920 I 4,697
Osborne 4,110 4,168
Wood 3,508 3,453 ......... 3,436
Majority of Mr. Osborne over Colonel Wood, according
to Lord R. Grosvenor's account, 601; C.ll. Wood's account,
680; his own, 715. Lord Grosvenor's majority may be
stated at nearly 1,000. By an analysis of Lord R. Gros-
venor's district polling card, it appears that Col. Wood was
in a minority at all the polling places, as regarded Mr. Os-
borne, except four ; and as regards Lord It. Grosvenor,
except two; and that at the principal poilingplace (Brent-
ford) Mr. Osborne hail a majority over both the other can-
didate.. • The sheriffs have fixed one o'clock on Thursday
for the official declaration.

CORK (CITY).
There has been a difficulty about the return for this city,
notwithstanding the resignation of Mr. Fagan in favour of
Mr. A. M•Carthy. Matters Lave taken an unexpected turn
in the opinion of the credulous citizens. though very many
persons conjectured that the sheriff had no power but to re-
turn the two highest names on the poll, according to the
exigency of the writ. From his retreat at Feltrim, Mr.
Fagan has addressed a letter to the citizens, rejoicing in the
confidence reposed in him, and commending to their care
his alter ego ; but ere the address was well in type, came a
notice front the sheriff to tho effect that he could not notice
the generous act of Mr. Fagan, but proceed in the usual
course. When the objections are considered, Messrs. Fagan
and Callaghan will be declared the sitting numbers.
CLON MEL.

Mr. Cecil Lawless wiireOt have a " walk over," The

SolicitorGeneraliim been put m nomination, and will go
to the poll. Had Mr. Monahan tried himself in the county
of Dublin, he would hare been successful.

DUBLIN (CO U NTY).
The nomination took place on Monday at Kilmainham.
Mr. Thomson proposed, and Mr. Vernon, of Clouted Castle,
seconded, Mr. J. H. Hamilton; Mr. Robert Shaw proposed,
and Mr. Cobb seconded, Col. Edward Taylor, as fit and pro-
per persona to represent the county. When the sheriff de-
manded whether any other candidate appeared, Mr. Nugent,
of Kingstown, rose and proposed Mr. Thomas Henna, late
candidate for Sligo, which was seconded by another Mr.
Nugent. In order to elicit some information from the can-
didates, Sir George Cockburn proposed Mr. Nugent, of
Kingstown, but no seconder appearing the two last mem-
bers were withdrawn, and the Messrs. Hamilton and Taylor
declared tho sitting members. This county might hays been
gained by a liitle exertion on the side of the liberals.

HUNT INODONSH I RE.
This election took plum yesterday, at the Town-hall, Hun-
tingdon' when the old members Mr. E. Fellowes, and Mr.
G. Thornhill, were re-elected without opposition. The
sheriff having opened the proceedings, Mr. Rust (banker),
proposed, and the Rev. Jaws Linton seconded, Mr.
Col. Linton proposed, and Mr. H. Swotting
seconded, Mr. G. Thornhill.—There being no response to
the sheriff's inquiry, as to whether there was any other can-
didate to propose, he declared Mr. Fellows' and Mr. Thorn-
hill drily elected.
Mr. Fettown, who was accompanied to the hustings by
about 200 horsemen, then presented hireself.reedPras loudly
cheered. Ile said it new remained for him to rebus thanks
for the distinguished honour the electors of the county had
conferred upon him for a third time. It wu highly
ing to him to find, that, at the end of the 10 years had
served them, he had again merited this kindness at
their hands; it proved to him that the line of conduct
he had pursued was in accordance with their views, It
showed that profession" made at the hustings should
be carried out by votes in parliament. (Cheer.) If
any elector had any questions to put, he now stood there to
answer them. His maxim was, that honesty was the best
policy; and now he would freely tell them his opinions, and
the policy he meant to adopt ; his feelings on many subjects
alight not be in accordance with their own, but he hoped
than they would act as liberally towards him as he should
toward" them, by respecting the rights of conscience. Mr.
' Fellows* then entered into a long discussion of Sir
Robert Peel's policy respecting the corn-laws and free-
teade. He believed that there was • prevalent feeling
amongst the agriculturists now that the had loot
protection to get rid of the malt-tax. (Hear, heir.)
It was necessary now, certainly, to get rid of some of
those taxes which premed heavily upon the farmers; but he
was not prepared to say that the repeal of the malt-tax would
be advisable. That tax produced a revenue of five mil-
lions annually; and, before it could be repealed, it
would be necessary to consider how that loss could be
made op. It was very easy to say " take off the malt-
tax," bat it was not so easy to make up its deficiency.
For the credit of the revenue and for the government par-
puss that tax was nunnery, but when it could be spared
the repeal of it should have has support. (Cheers, and
" Why not name a part of it ? ") Notwithstanding all their
bad prospects, there were some good reasons why they should
not be alarmed ; they meat endeavour to melt a low price
by improved quality and • large produce. They must bring
into operation all the intelligence, and all the energy, and
all the talent, for which the British farmer was proverbial,
and had proved himself to porno, to meet the policy of
free trade ; but if, after all their exertions, they found it
impossible to meet the lowness of prices, it would be for
them to use all the legitimate means in their power to
Ann •reinetatement of the protective duties—(loud cheers);
ereembra it prices, found that they eould not stand against the
aribestal it would be for all the combined interests
agtylsaaio•till demand back protection; and he believed
tr 1< des old valleworady be the ease that we could not
MI6 the amdeental growers, the manufacturers
=" be fkiellest to ask hes return of protection. (Tre-
menaces *Neu) Them was another question he would
now advert W. A bill warsinimght into parliament butt ses-
aion, but ultimately aberismed by its proposer, one of the
agricultural eseaben, bemuse he found it unpalatable,
called the Tenant Bight Bill. His idea of the principle of
this bill was, that it was intended to secure the British
farmer a return of his capital expended in the improvement
of his farm ; and it was quite just that be should have some
security : but whether that was a subject that called for the
interference of an act of parliament he was not prepared to
say. There were always two parties to a bargain ; and it
was for the farmer to make as good a bargain for himself
with his landlord as he could. SO, as hared before, he was
not opposed to the principle of that bill. (Cheers.) Mr.
Fellow(' then adverted to Maynooth, and to the measure of
Sr Robert l'eel which gave a permanent grant to that in-
stitution. He had opposed that measure, bemuse, feeling