The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

EXCITEMENT IN VASCHEsTER RESPECTING TIIE
Beoosr.—Our Manchester correspondent says: "The ex-
citement here respecting the budget exceeded anything of
the kind on similar occasions for many years past. The Man-
chester papers of Saturday, with considerable spirit, made ar-1
rangements for obtaining Lord J. Russell's speech by Friday
night, the telegraph-office having offered to supply it for them
at about 151. each. The new instrument invented by Mr.
Bailie, however, by which it is said that upwards of a thou-
sand letters, or two hundred words per minute, are to be
transmitted, could not be got into working order, and re-
course being bad to the older system of working the needles
by hand, the process was too slow to be of avail. The
first sentence of the noble lord's speech was received at a
quarter to nine o'clock on Friday evening, and up to two
o'clock next morning, the hour of going to press, only about
70 lines, and these not including one word of the gist of the
'perch had been received. For more than an hour at a
time, occasionally, not a word could be obtained. The
newspaper people continued to "hope against hope" till
about half-past four, cm., with the intention of giving the
speech in a second edition, whoa the telegraph had made so
little further progress as to oblige them to !met to the
third editions of the Landon evening papers which arrive
at that hour for a more extended and availatile report.
These, 'however, did not contain the whole speech, and,
under these circumstances, the arrival of the Daily News
and other morning papers its Manchester at a litle before
11, a.m., by ezpresis, was opportune; and not only did they
" go off " at a premium very rapidly, but the renewed sup-
ply brought by the regular morning mail, which arrives at
noon, was also insufficient to supply the demand, and in the
course of about an hour every copy had been sold. The ex-
press was run by Messrs. Smith and S ,ns, news agents,
Strand, London, Mr. Wheeler, news-agent, M .nchester,
meeting him at Crewe with an express engine to bring for-
ward the papers from thence. The express left London at
twenty-five minutes before six, cm., and arrived in Man-
chester at twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, notwith-
standing some delay between Crewe and Manchester,
ati-ing out of the line being obstructed by coal-
waggons, by which the train was much delayed.
The proposition, forming the main feature of the budget, to
in ream the income tax to meet an increased expenditure,
instead of economising expenditure to the limit of income,
was received very generally with a feeling cmounting almost
to indignation. The people in Manchester seem puzzled to
reconcile the noble lord's proposition t, bear them down with
increased taxes alter dwelling, in the same speech which
contains the proposal, upon the extraordinary distress and
want of employment and trade there exhibited during the
last twelve months "
YORIiSHIRE
NEWSPAPER EXRPESS.—OR Saturday morning, so
early as ten o'clock, copies of the Daily News and other
journals of that date, were received at Leeds by express rail.
way train, and were purchased with avidity, though the
late editions of the evening papers of the previous day,
brought by the usual mail, had partially forestalled the
mews, so far as related to the ministerial budget.
DURHAM.
GAME-LAW MURDERS.—The estates of the Duke
of Cleveland, Raby-perk. at Staindrop, and also those of the
IMarquis of Normenbe, adjacent to Mulgrave Castle, have 1
I bws the swum of most serious conflicts between poachers
end gsmekeepers. Oa the evening of the 3rd instant two
watchers in the service of the Duke of Cleveland, at Baby-
park, named Shirley and Cockerell, were going their rounds
when, hearing some shots fired, they proceeded in the dim-
tion of • place called " Willow Bed " in the game preserves,
and there they taw four men, two of whom were ermed with
guns. Directly the gamekeepers came up to them, one of
the party, known by the name of Thompson, called upon
them to stand back or he would fire. The keepers, not
daunted by the threat, made an effort to capture them,
and a desperate battle ensued. They were fired upon
by the poachers. and notwithstanding Stiirley, one of the
watchers, said he was shot, he endeavoured to overcome
Thompson, and secured him. Thompson, however, raised
his gun, and bait his antagonist over the head with the butt-
end, when the force of the blows broke the weapon; the
barrel was subsequently found near the spot. Cockerell, the
other keeper, suffered severely. lie was fired at, but escaped
mortal injury. The poachers decamped with the belief that
both the keepers were dead. Coskerell managed to drag his
companion to a neighbouring cottage, where he expired.
The politic wi re then des in ueet of the Fang, and
in a short time they werepatched apprehenqded, and satisfactorily
identified at the inquest on the body of the murdered man.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
William Thompson, William Dawson, and James Ottifield,
and they now await trial in the county gaol at the forth-
coming assizes.—The affray on the Marquis of Norman by's
domain was equally serious. On the night of Wedtierda
se'nnight, about half-past eleven, five keepers were on watch
in the Mulvey. woods. They were only armed with sticks,
guns being strictly prohibited by the marquis. The watch-
ers heard the report of fire-arms in a particular part of
the woods ; on proceeding there, a gang of poachers,
armed with guns, presented themselves. -They were in.
Mandy called upon to surrender on which one of the gang
deliberately presented his gun and' fired at one of the keepers
named Brown, the contents lodging in his right arm. A
struggle followed, the watchers attempted a capture, but
were beaten off, the poachers firing at them, and afterwards
making use of the butt-ends of their fowling-pieces. After
they had escaped, the wounded man was carried to the
nearest habitation. During the affray one of the gang was
shot by a companion in the thigh. He crawled away and
succeeding in concealing himself in a thicket, where he was
discovered. He was removed and his wounds wen dre std.
He was visited by the Earl of Mulgrave and the chief con-
stable of Whitby, and in consequence of • statement he
made, one of the poachers, named Centlin, was apprehended,
whom he charged as being the party who fired at Brown
the wounded gamekeeper. The maimed poacher died on the
following Thursday. His name was Rhodes; be was a
eotorious character. The police are on the alert for the
other men who took cart in the murderous engagement.
WARWICKSHIRE.
THE BUDGET.—At Birmingham, oar correspondent
writes, the Daily News was received by express train on
Saturday morning at 40 minutes past 9. Mr. Smith, of the
Strand, conductedthe express.
ETAPPORDESIIRE
THE COAL-MINE EXPLOSION AT WEST BROMWICH.
—The adjourned inquisition upon the bodies of those who
lost their lives by this unfortunate occurrence was resumed
at West Bromwich on Saturday. Since we last reported this
affair two other of the men have died in consequence of the
injuries they received. At the close of the in
the jury almost immediately returned the follow-
ing verdict: "The jury are of opinion that it has been
through the negligence of John Meek, the ' doggy,' that
these men lost their lives, and they therefore return a ver-
dict of manslaughter against him." Meek was immediately
committed to take his trial at the ensuing anises for the
-'sty of Stafford.

LLNOOLNanum.
IMPORTANT COMPENSATION CASE. -!'oleof great
rtan impoce has been tried at Grimsby, under-
sheriff of Lincolashire, to mess the amount of compensation
to be given by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Railway Company, to the freemen of Grimsby for a quan-
tity of land called the "East Marsh." Sir F. iheeiger (who
had a retaining fee of 300 guineas) appeared on behalf of the
corporation of Grimsby, who are trustees for the freemen of
the town, and Mr. Talbot and Mr. Paget were for the rail-
way company. The property which is to be taken on this
occiaion consists of a little more therm acres, part of a large
quantity in a marsh called "East Marsh," and the remainder a
quantity of little more than three acres, in two fields, called
the " Little Field" and the " Rayeroft Field ; ' and be
should all before the jury a great number of witnesses, prin-
cipally surveyors, who had valued the property, but varying,
as surveyors generally did, in their estimates. Re under-
stood that the amount of the actual value of the land would