The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-16 00:00:00

THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE OF THE

PEOPLE OF ELECTORAL HESSE.

The following address hu been circulated among
the German merchants at Minchester
" The Germans in England have followed with admiration
the noble bearing of the Hessian people in their present
state of oppression, and they believe, above all, to owe •
tribute of soknowledgment to the officers of the brave army,
who brought as • MC:MG to their fatherland their individual
interests, aye, even their own and their families very exist-
ence, by refusing, at the command of the government, to
violate the constitution which they had sworn faithfully to
maintain and defend. Several of their compatriots in Eng-
land have therefore formed themselves into a committee, fur
the purpose of raising a fund, which is destined to lend a
helping hand and relieve the pressing necessities of those
heroic champions of right and justice."
The handsome sun of 1,1001. was immediately subscribed
by 78 merchants, and • copy of the address, with a list of the
subscribsn, was forwarded to Lendon. It circulated Conte.
nasally yesterday afternoon on 'Change, when about 3001.
were subscribed by several German houses, and it is rxpected
that not only every German in England, but also every
Hogileheitan who sympathises with the constitutional and
noble, though hitherto unfortunate resistance of the Hessian
people, will contribute his mite towards this timely testi-
tooniaL AU subscriptions will be received at the counting.
house of Mown. Schanck, Sonehay, end Co., 64, Moorgate-
street, London.

BURGLARIES AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—The
town of Chapel en Is Frith. Derbyshire, .as early on the
morning of Tuesday, the sth Instant, the scene of a series of
burglaries, which, for boldness of design and audacity of 4
esecutioo, ars seldom equalled; but which, fortunately for
the unfortunate victims, were pot in any ow attended with
muck pecuniary loss. Not the slightest trace of the depra ,
dears could be found the next morning; bat, about half-
past seven o'clock at night, Mr. Thomas Shepley, currier, '
went down to his " &ippon," which adjoins the lower end of
the church-yard, for the purpose of milking ; when he came ,
to unlock the door he found that as lock bad been
broken off, and :on entering the " shippon" hi found
three strange man thirst,. They asked him rather civilly
whether he would allow them to remain on the hay loft
all nigh:. He told them he did not know; it was rather
unpleasant I. have stringers amongst the tattle and hay
daring the night, bat he would consider of it while he
milked, for which purpose he sat himself down bride a
cow, when on. of the ruffians punched the lantern oat of
hie hand. He immediately jumped up and seised one of
them, a souffle ensued, and some of the rillaia produced
a jenny, or short wow bar, end struck Kr. Shepley a
violent blow on the head, which stunned him greatly,
but he had sufficient energy left to wrest the WOW bar from
the raffia's grasp, when they all three made off in different
directions, leaving their victim on the spot bleeding pro-
fusely. His cries had, however, attracted mime neigh-
bours to his assistance, and the news having spread with
great npidity that a fellow townsman had been thus
brutally maltreated, the whole neighbourhood was up in
arm, despite the midnight darkness, scouring the country
in all directions, and searching every nook or phase.
to prove a receptacle for such dastardly villains. The
was for a long time abortive, but information was given that
two strange charaeten were in hiding in an old forge at
Town-end, and off the whole corps of volunteer thief-
catchers ran, and after a struggle inereeded in capturing the
two rangers, and lodging them safely in the lockup, Mr.
Shepley halos stated that he believed one was the man who
struck him, but he was too ill to give a positive answer.
They were brought before the magistrates on Thursday
morning, but as Mr. Shepley was unable to leave his bed
they were %sanded until the following Saturday. Oa Sa-
turday they were again brought up, but Mr. Shepley not
being able to weer to the men, and it baying been proved
that these men had been expelled from another building
about the lane time that Mr. Shepley was attacked, they
were sot at liberty, after a strong reprimand from the mega-
bytes for their vagabond way of fife.
FATAL EXPLOSION OF FIBS DAMP AT MIKA,
SouffltiFians.—Bless, Friday Moraing.—An accident of a
mast appaLliag kind wornad here this morning to the
coition employed In the Sleek Both Vein pit, at which it
• will be f,si an a:platen took place some four or
flu yams ages, Weeded by the loss M nearly forty lives.
Abets kfaripiine'sieek this morning, and very soon after
thif Vidilltuafirifidood_ the pit, a terrible explosion of Ire
da
, mp tisk le The aleramease which led to it has Dot
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