The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

WILTING IN ST LEONARD'S. SROREDITCR.

in ?Dodge imolai a meeting of beflogatial oariehioners
Leollard.ll. Bbereditch, wag held at the Railway
Ta•en, near the Biabopegat. Station, to take into outsiders
pod eh it step. should be adopt. d in order to ue.re SO
dt,i•nt, pan. mid independent supply of water to that dis-
trict, anJ a to to an•ider certain flirtations which have been
tecest!y ismsed by the Board of Health to the medical lea
*met ender its control, to collect and transmit to G 'yet-
hew information they can sequin respecting the supply
of eater to the metropolis. It was no Iced, that the beer
mid °sly mesas by which a good, plentiful, and c►eep
apply could be obtained, was by having locel water-work.,
saw the =mu Fremont of a local company, by which Coarse
keg delay and enormous eapease would be stoned, and the
distrkt guarded mom effectually simian the ravages of
cholera and other epidemic discern, than if they partook et
g general supply to the whole metropolis. Credit was
claimed for Shoreditelt beteg the ant district to eater upon
this acetylene, end eventually it was resolved, that it ism
desirable, hie order to ascends the feelings of the inbabi
win epos the subject, to bold a public meet*, at as early
penod. Sees Tel geftlessa aadertook to make the pee-
beinsry preparations to: such meeting. at which, it is au-
diestLeid, o;ir of the matropolitaa members will preside.

LEN fISII-TOWN LITERARY INSTITUTION.

Lae: evening the first annual Meeting of this in-
ratatem team pima in Trafalgar-place, Kentish town, on
each ...smarm there was • nuearrom amemblae• of the most
reeyettati.e Inhabitants of the district. The immediate bear
sew Yt the evening ems preceded by • saris, during which
die ewt.n am supplied with tea, coffee, sad other refresh
meat, aP %master. "I be musical entar;alement was under
the dueirim of Mr Noyes, sad the selections comprised •
%duty et pieces from the works of &Milli, Saber, Bishop,
banal, 14 aims, Worm, sad Cuer.
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At eyi\t o'sleek. the 'proceedings of the meeting tom-
mimed. scd tim chair err take. by Lord DCDLIT COI:7711
orr, M P. _ _

Aswan:. the gentlemen present was Mr. Georg* Cruik.
• who hss latterly taken • warm interest in the promo-
t.m of iamitutione nine ware.
CIinIILMA.N stated that be felt no small debree of
femur, amt nu hale pride he fulfilling the office to wbieh
teen kindness I.ad called him ; and incoming here to preside
over this, ih firm annual meeting of the Literary and Senn
Lee Iteiteinti n of Kentish-tows. Such institutions had a
powerful effect in promo log eiviheatios, in hemming mr
rw y. sad in raising men in the scale of society. lei hie
✓enew, that wlr.ch these institutions chiefly required to
non them fburish and bear fruit less that they be founded
urn br, ad and truly liberal preaciples—upon such pria•
• In fact, as he believed that the present is:mammon
was 'stab:Cited. The noble lord then proceeded to say that
it ft.; some difficulty in addreesing then on account of
t;:ere nit g -• no oppositim," and ha concluded by saying

taat be trutt•d maw[ Maar:4 that the inatitutioi wuda
Imp Carib sad b• manatee of a mat deal of good to ell
tlwts of iocirty. (Cbeen.)
It. brit annual report wee then rent, from which it &p-
-pm:4 that Me iamitracre (which bag been Formed emit!, to
madam the iatellectual and motel improvement of the
incluar duets) bad been mut ded wish great therm during
ttu i muted period of he f Mathes..

The socieiy owes its {idols mainly to efforts made during
Oat ye.r 1848, by a few individual, who sought to being
i.sout, by co-operation, greater fecilities for the moral sod
mai:actual improvement of themselves and others in the
teighbourhood. They effectst a union with the members
of a small society previoasly established, entitled •• Toe
Reetish Town Mutual Improvement 8. eiety," and sec
nested in obtaining the concurrence and assistance of
rental gentlemen friendly to educati n in as extended
;Mat of view, among whom wee the Rev. W. Forster,
who, at their request, is order to test the public reeling on
the point, end to prepare the way for the introduction of
into ciety to the notice wt the inhabitants, Rave a lecture
to tee subject of self•improvement, on the 19th December,
io, width was very numerously attended. On the 13. b
k.6reay, 1849, the society was established, ►ut circus:i-
s:sues ,Averred which induced the committee to delay
it.tg.i.it it more prominently forward until the 28th March
It:towing. Bince that time the library and readtogerouln
bat bast opened, and twesty.cn• lectures had been delivered.
These lectures had been w.ll ansoded, sad appeared to hovel
best generelly appreciated by the members of the institatiou.
fns sutra/gm he Weedy amounted to upwa►ds of 1001., a
tact which •sffkieotly proved the prosurity of the under.
c:evekient. Valuable preset.ts of book. had been made to
the muituti and the library c intains nearly one thousend
',lotus, the greater p••rtion a which are valuable from
their chaster ante rood tti.b.
tae boar.c.at statement disclosed the fat that the I :pen.
tat of the society had somewhat exceeded its income, and
toe commute, win therefore induced to believe th t to
.sareee► of fuels would be necessary to enable them to meet
the r.quire ..ens of the inetitutilli a. it COntiniiihe to expand.
7441 report having been received and adopted, hevirel
in: tissue addressed the as. *nog. and various resolutions
wen passed in furtherance of the objtct in view.
The meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chair.

INFANTICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SELF-DESTRUCTION
t INC Muni/M.—Oa Monday morning, between club
u.l nine u'oork, a shceking occurrent* took place at a cot-
ter. beer the horn and Crown public-Doane, Chelmsford.
ills husband cf a women named Page has berm us the
employ of a farmer at Writtle as shepherd for •rmis time
fun, sad on Baterdsy evening last his master, as we are in-
Cr% d. told him he should hese to reduce his wasp s to Be.
per west' ; the Pop communicated to his wife, and in the
rode) awning he again weal to his rawer to leant if I'
a to do so immediately, and repeivioet as an.
Is the affirinative, he lel; his employer in order to nod
.satthins better. Having based there was a probability of
•:,rbsit work at Billericay, he left his house to go there.
B.- site. n I. stated, bad taLit in a low and desponding way
fur ,ts. tune, aaa her husband's selt-clissausal operating, it

u,san her naiad, and mating as ingression which
ramv.aceed to her neighbours, JAM she should e sae
t. w n•. •L. or. Moody, in her basband's slum*, nearly
toe as ad hum the body of her infant chill, only Mil
*it •fi 0. . wi:n a now, and anautediatsly otter told a porta&
,!*.r she had billed her ehi:d. Her neighbours tumid
r•tem•r.: too be too true, end in the amidst of their COG-
r•tl. E. the awful °czarism*, the unfortunate woman
•':amps dh. r own lit, with t instrument with which sbo

L .;i:orhe;,cw7c; I:abOt77orty
l•-•• of bd. t &anther child livisj, and she is now closely
eat bed • politest's, is irk, s• custody. in Iter own hmost,
Its cst free pispd The bdy of the child awaits the Coro-
Imo. IQ —Noses fleso'd.

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L %AL/it:KIVA HBOT.--On the afternoot of Saturday.
1f.r.., sheet leer o'clock, a labourer in the employ of
3Sr. Heath, leaser, was pasouog along the tray-r
;:1441 hum the seal pits beloeging to Mr. Chambers, of
+Cahill. to ILL et stay of Derby, when, on poaching a
aloisoia.4 Nowtoci-weed he observed • mss lying
h the pouLd; he went up to the spot for the purpose
' • cer..so tag w.. 0 it was, when he discovered that the
we was IS t..e nidat of a large pool of blood and quite
6.1 d. Tr.. lieodiser intros distal, procured montane,e and
mooned the body, which tuned eat to he that of tills
"Illi,rpor, pusskirper to the Rev. F. Sharpe, at Tabs
4.1, Si hie house, where, so rzendeetion. it was f iun4 that
tad beta ihoot jest shove tile right kLee, the shot haying
ore. .h. &von op a Ind caused his death from lose of blood.
•io boa Lends ncertaiaad that sin men, who had
• siopnrart. 40 panthers, bed been seen in the vicinity on y
LI/tilt,* ~re moss toiborp's body boring famed, and he also
• . he a seta thsreabiuts after 3 o'clock the nose alter-
s,. to was • aspens d that they were the parties who had
vibe roes of nLe poor fellow's death. Informstioe wee
Ls Lao ...r,srled to the polies at Maasfisld,
re,trtl of the party bong knows, Superior.
tht 1 a. r a l poloce•caasiables Redford end Pegs
.0 • • 4..,r the suspected mama, and after gnat
• s. vied in taking the whole tie, before 4 o'clock
4 ....in,. The seem of the prieoners, who are
Msh•hel4 leek-q, are 'William &tighten, Henry
lone Mankell, Tamils Mankall, James Ward,
• a N...ka, all or ackaall-sadar-liathwaita, Notts.
41``• of an war Is Owl the oaten of the crime they
• N . with and the awful position in which thsy are
'*** irons( will hoe held early in the was's.
1 :Ft.s I.lvEnront..—About 11 o'clock on Mon-
-4,4 bre w.s dieevered to have taken place in the
• -eau and wind corn mills of Messrs. Lunt and
run from Decimates. bush, bounded
.1 ni..•••st net to Lime kola • I sae. The fire originated
• 'tr. sa.ronie, het es the mill had been stopped irom
porpoise of elesnaing the butlers, no cause
'4. ssrtoo. eel to which its cite. meneement can be as-
e • Mr. MaRIV*II and a large body of the Are palms
~".‘"4110 r ors the spot, bat water was not obtained until
t••• 0ft.4.. tans had .lapsed. From the Ant there wee
41" it 1' '.l living either the steam or the wind mill,
: all ensrgies were devoted so some de,
.6'''•l` ',solos, and a line of *otter' peo_perty in kan•r-
-_ '.'••• to whist, were ultimately saved. The whole of the
!I'," .4 ~t.r of the cottages was carried in by the falling
4t Ira n its horning mill. The amount of lis
-t'• thought will be barely covered by the is-
; 4"•`. wt,sto are effected to the mount of 8,(100I. la the
L.- 46'4°' Olit,s, and 1,0001. la the Norwich Maks. me
tar property of Mr. Whalley, and are it I.
on•ared &lin and with thu orsk& Union
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