The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1857.

GUILDHALL

Wi Avers. a 'leered victualler, living la Camber-
well, Ina charged before Alderman Phillips with eareas the
ilmik a • child under the f Rowing circunisteaces
It wee stated the defeadant was driving a lady to
the Great Northern Railway to meet a certain
train. and on arriving at the foot of Hon.:ea-
rl!, ea °gingham coming down the hill stopped to put down
parr ger Two ladies and • child got or, and r they
got clear from behind the omnibus the defendant's four-
winded chair earns by and ron over the child, who dud soon
Air it was picked up.
Alderman Phillips aril he considered the defendant bad
acted le • very reprehenatble manner in driving away after
the accident. The witneeer statements were somewhat
radiates, but he thonght that whatever they had stated
they believed to be perfirtly correct.
A gentleman. who *mud, el foe the defendant, rid the
coroner's jury had returned • verdict of aceidental drib,
sad the defendant had compressed the mother of the child
r fee an any pecuniary amount would do ea.
Alderman Phillips said thee. were circumstance. that
would not bias his jadirmest. However, trim in the
irsaao. isto oraidenatica, be wee of opinion a was as
accident, and therefore discharged the defendant.

The Marseilles journals announce that two Greek
boner of that place have had to mowed paginate. The
maims are not given. _

The PoetMaster-General gave notice yeact.erdad
that a mail fur Sierra Leone will be made up in the
Puet-ofecir to-morrow morning, to be sent by her Ifejsety's
stheser Spitfire, which is appointed to wail from Portsmouth.
OBJECTIONS TO A CLEKGYMAN.—The Prevh=
of Gimped met yesterday (Monday) in the welsh
of Rilinekahrt to owderete is a cell te the Rev. Alsmather
Lea, of Ilartyr's Church, Glasgow, who wee recently pre-
sented to the living by Dr. Brown, the patron. The Rev.
Mr. Mons*, of Port Glaegow, preached and preeided. At
the close of the nevi*, the following orhymeatee were
lodged --it ',too, became of We grew lemenees we eenelder
him unable to perform tho duties devolving en a minhiter of
• country wish, especially one of such isms 'latest as that
dSecond. bemuse he has a wry MIMS ta-
tin hie orgasm of utterance articulatioe—thin de-
alTerug ere
me great es to render it • :Better of diflicalty for
se audience to understand much of what he saw. For
thew remota we submit that the presentee is net
qualified for the perish of litIonalooloa." The dower
meat containing these objections had adhiliited to
it 85 names, end 12 wen added at the time—
inskieg in ell 77. Mr. M.Domild, writer, Omenock. ap.
wand for the presentee, mad urged that the reception of the
objectiota was incompetent, varied fourteen pereow, whom
wince were attached, did not enawer when they were called.
The Pmebytery repelled the objection; from which Outline
Mr. 11•Deneld protested, and appealed to the ensuing meet-
lag el the Synod of filmgoer end Ayr. The Presbytesy
weed to meet ow Thursday the 17th teetotal, to decide es to
the relevancy of the objeelloaa.—StisetitrvA Cheereef.
A FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.— K tufty DEc. 4.
Itnterder attention a canoe, containing twe of the Fos
Artillery, fronn &Worry Island Fort, new the mouth of the
fihr we, and a boetrean belonging to the were
watt by • sudden Nolan to the channel, between the Sent- I
Wry lowed and Kilrush, a large town in the wanly Clem, ,1
en the beak, of the Shantou, sod distant about a mile sad •
half Am the Wend. The body of the bowman Is mid
W haw been Wend, them of the soldier, not. These meet% I
mei melee the west roost of Ireland, are made of timber I
Itheserwork, covered with Waved enema; they on mod In
the battens, and their brim Wing very narrow, they are very
Rabble spew if soy of the occupants shift sheet; stilh
when judiciously teenaged, they bear a heavy ma better then
• ships boat. Though frequently Wein,' to Hoe the upper
pert en the Weide with rook. to uses dim to right Is the
esier, is cue of their being upset, still the satires will sot
adept this saleable expedient. Proper boat. ere me*
'whet al.sg the wart coast of Ireland, the most deagerthe
sea media the Idagdoon, and nearly always fatal to wee&
Mem sebum The meet gamd's but, are quite unfit for a
him see.—Seesailors.
WißCLA—Doring the month of November the
ember et waits nmerted wee 161. Fer the mom* of
homy the ember we. 366 ; in February. Mt la Mr*
299; le Ark lie; is May 92; he Jeom 177; a Jot,. II;
In Augur. 136; m September, 123; eel he Dutcher. 647;
meins bola dories the present yew of I.l3l.—Shipping
earies.