The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-06 00:00:00

rut Court.
.; si,rein ot the Queen's health was

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
oovirn reumectAL "mane.
On Saturday, at the weekly 'meeting of the vestry
of St Maryle'lese. Ike ranee, tae Rae. Dr. Best, is the
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Peckieibas-pelace. Key 6. 9 A N.
spxe wge Me. Ta istsat

-.Limn CLAIM, X I)
" CHAILLSO POCOCK. M.D.

Ilr. 7011 N LEVESST, of Prestos, Loacembire, waited
at the matey as a deputatioo from the committee forted
foe the purpose of procuring • bill in parliament lot the pur-
pose of constituting county flaancial boards, at which the
ratepayen would be represented, Inc eod of se at prams
keying the astir* costrol is tho hands of the musty magis-
trates. Mr. Levemy stated that in coasecieses of the law-
moss increase is the county ezponditism, widish in Liam-
ohire alone had in 1848 reached to really 180,0001, a com-
mittee was appeinted comprised of gentlemen of all shade* Ji
pollieslnpintoo, and as appeal was made to the saagistratm
to • lertise more eronomy, but the memorial being treated
with very little respent, the board of guardians of Lancashire,
to she member of 22 out of 28 took the matter up, and the re-
sult was the bill is parliament, brought forward by Mr.
Moneta'. 'melon, but which was neissoseasful last year, as
adman, of the pre•stwe of government business. The bill
had, however, this year been brought in under more favour-
able auspices by Mr. Milner Gibson, and bad passed the
second reading without • diviiion, and was now before •
select c ..mmietee of the House of C immons. The bill dif-
fered in Nile expects from the hill of last erasion, for in-
stead of ratepayers, it proposed that oat-half the financial
based, should be salectiof by We boards of guardians, and
the other half by the =mistimes, yeah whom otter pJarets
it woull not interfere in the slightest degree. Still aware
of the attention which the Marylebone vestry bad casino-
ally paid to the subject of county espeaditure, ha (Mr.
Leassey) had hoes al. pelted to wait spent the board to ark
their aid either in • pecuniary or other polar of view. TAM
was not tie be viewed as a new local measure as driving the
county of Lancaster only, but it was a nations, measure
affecting all the eountiis in the kingdom. (Hear.)
Mr. H. C. WILSON said he would propose a resolution.
The Rena man bad truly said this was • oetiossl measure,
sad not one which was confined to the minty of Lancaster.
That vestry had from time to time enuncia.od the priaciple
that the ratepayers bade right to a voice in the expenditure
of the money which they contributed, and although this bill
did not appear to go quit* that length, still it was a step in
the right direction, and, therefore, deserving of support.
(Hear, hear.) It was perhaps, however, net known to those
who had brought in this bill, that any parishes under
local acts like Marylebone would be shut out from the bens•
du of this bill, unless some especial clauses were introduced
to bring them within its pale. He therefore thought it was
most desirable that they should have • committee. (Hear.)
He would move'. That a committee be appuiotea with power
to petition parliament in favour if the bill, and to take such
other steps as might be deemed timelier, to secure to that
pariah any advantage which it might afford."
Mr. MICHIE seconded the resolution, and ante • few
observations from Mr. Bodes, Mr. W. Williams, and Mr.
(Hazier, it was carried unanimously.

lio•sa• Fsaoteux, M.D."
I • 2, tv nerd es Wiminisisy ston.iag.

ti:ACCItt, betted the Q wee fen Setteday
►•.:'ee. 71e Deeltees •( Kent visited Ler

acitry esll a as Saarlay, at &mk-
t.' the bull. lig.
;•.:6..r 1:.7.1 Hightower. tle Prism of
"J, Ihr l'rilves• and the Prima's*
!". t' .I. a. 1 she lies. AlsmuAlev
&mount! the Colosseum situ a visit

• .b•• Parlors of Kest, the Primo of
ao4 iteotholos of th. Coon, sod the
atttu...4 Divine sere.er T.eterd.y
t %Ate eti el cl Boelciashaa Pasco. Tot
Wellesley officiated.

olrcil was hell on Saturday at the
sir 'winded by tit. Marquis of Lass-
• Minns. S:r Ciente Ores, Viscount Pal-
, C u.eell :r of W. East:uglier, Sr
n Uubhasse, the IC al of Carlisle,
,uchire, and the Kies Hos. Fox
isie Lour sad a hal,. Lad Jolts
by indispositlas fsat swaths( the

London, the Rev. Mr. Jones, and
:m,,, Asa as luterriilll Ilittb Z".lr thine
the Bose-c
• n had an interview with Earl
C Loist4ll“._

rter:vka on Saturday, at thz
the tiotrours d %he West ladi•

r,vired yesterday at the Colonial-
.r. r ..t

Nairn of Burleach and family
nmuct.ce. Mostais H 011 &dui-

'.ire.int Marquis .A.Angles,7,
• .tcle. attended the 'Toting Stride*
R 1.1. St. itunee'n

m ExTo.—Lord Seymour, Chief
snit lorries, bas sppAnted Mr
Mr. Vance Smith. M.P.) to be Ws
rze Littrusele, Esq., is 'pp Owed
b•itisti Goissa.—Tisomis Bprieg-
. tt..l Cavil Comai•siener eat Rtsi-
,rt lieauturt, C. 14 of Good Hope.—
r.i istict • Siprailitry Maitstrati

SUPPOSED MURDER AND ROBBERY AT

CLAPHAM.

lION OF INDUSTRY, 18.31.

The circumetabces connected with this tragical
affair remain enveloped la mystery. The police confess
:hat they were never more at alcse how to proceed than in
the present instance. The house in which the catsyrophe
took plies it• an object of increasing interest. On Saturday
a cotsiderab:e number of persons visited it, and several of
them saw Mr. Meddle; no one, however, is allowed to enter
the piece. When friends call to see him he spe.ks to them
from the little gate, which is kept locked. To some per-
sons he is commuona ice on the subject ; to others he will
not open his lips. It is wortty of observation that Mr.
Meddle always speaks of ene party, nut of several persons,
as having done the deed. Nor does he apply to the nc-
hoc, en party the name of murderer or burglar, but that el
dud. lie does not say what he considen the value of the
tongs which have been carried away; ne:ther does he
spicily what they were. lie sizapy speaks t f the " watches
and rings and other property' which were stolen. He
speaks with an emphasis bordello' en indignation
of the report thot ne left money in the house. The
mosey stolen did not exceed 31. er V. and it was well
known in the neighbourhood that Mr. Maddlo never kept
ask loge sums of money in his Lou,., invariably paying In
his rents and other motor' Into the BHA of Ehgland.
is said, but with what truth we do not pretend to say, that
Mr. Meddle is worth Ii houses and money a lane sum of
money. No inhabitant of the locality has given so much
froub:s to toe police as Mr. Middle. eonstantlf staking
imolaiate, many of which were frivolous. Oa the 31st of
Jimmy, In the present yea, an attempt ti break lido the
house was reported by Middle to the police, and a pickax*
was prodoced, with whack a portion of the brickwerk nest
the back door was taken away, when Meddle drove away
the robbers by threatening to shout Alm. The ricksze is
still at the station, and although it was said to be the ro-
pily of a near neighbour, we have net heard that any in-
quiry took piece.
Mr. Venable', who lives nest dour to Mr. Middle, sad to
whom he first communicated tae fact of the deceassd'sdeath,
states that when he came into the house he was dreadlelly
escited, and said, "There is my poor girl lying dead; have
you bead any nine ?" -enables was then upstairs shaving,
bat be dressed Weibelf and went to Mr. L shop to ask
him to eo for the doctor. Venable" accompanied Meddle to
the door, but did not go in. He further stat.s that he was
at home the whole morning that he heard no noise, and that
he had cot seen the donated since Friday.
At the it quest it is supposed that important facts will be
(declined. The ro boy at the Nag's Head will dopes', that
he saw the deceased at therlflOUT window about tee o'clock
use Sanday morada'. The ostler took the beer at a few
minutes a:ter one o'clock, and rang twice, but could
snake co one hear. A Mr. Stevens, a grocer, will
state that he saw deceased let out Mr. Middle about
eleven o'clock, and Maria Pink, the pew opener
at Clapham Coureh, will give evidence of showing him to
his p.w. Tne most importaat evidence, however, if it
can be relied on, will be that of a boy named Saunders, the
eon of a carpenter, living opposite to Mr. Mathile's, who will
depose that alone half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday ston-
ing he saw a man leave the house, who was dressed in sbabby
black, and earning a bundle. lie went towards Wands-
worth, and on the brow of the hill, about half a mile distant
from the boss', he ran up against a young woman coming
from Wandsworth, sad she describes him as much agitated.
This man is believed to be the same that called at Mr.
Hales's, Blackfriars-roed, ou Saturday evening, and also the
inefividnal that was loitering all the forenoon of Sunday in
the rear el Mr. Meddle's house.
There is no truth in the statement that Dr. Fisher, the
physiiian to the metropolitan ptlice, was directed by the
commissioners to egoist Mr. John Parr At in the aitilysEs.
Dr. Fisher, on the occasion referred to, only made a friendly
visit. Mr. Parrott has made an onalysis, and a Mr. Snow, •
medical gentleman, who has made chloroform his study, bad
also supplied to him a portion of the intestines and SM.e of
the fluid from tie stomach.
Oa Friday eke funeral of the unfortuoste woman took
plies at St. Paul's Child, Wandswerth-road.
Tie adjourned coroner's inquest will be held to-day, at
three o'clock.

,et 1%3 boil committees far pro-
.see now bees breed.—Tbe Mayor of
en specie:ly eonsultod by the central

)n, ou seemuit of his lutanist' know-
. ISM II 'eV!, best Riots of isitereati, p
his went*, wrote to the o:aassittee.
s. r.t u to the pima he hod &slops'd is
to working men t...; feel us interest is

.....a~t:nb
eel life advice om the
'7,11116.m0, that the committee hart
. r.l cure:shed *monist the whole
the k agdoni. The foaowing is •
• 31, ylen for 'editing the labouring
we did, the foreman of 'my
• : every workshop, to laws the

, =mime wool' feel obliged i
a from moons: them-
:!.to at It, sestiers of the local

It ass +et, that we had one
..,:.:oett in ow town, and I hid so
a it .0 to the +whine men In most
r.• T hare a-palated tee or three, ana
st o opinion which should be Use
parliament. We hare,
ss.:- itiri ..r the pner.l Nods,
ter wtek, cal et the Exhibition
.puird..: 60C nimbus alreuly, to
• • am to ham a special frau ler
. •.n. trom Itintltaaptea to L wan,

;• ••4 fiat—sll;
;lan .erLirir—fo se ta nw up and
Wafts'. at the eat of
i another for.d, principally the
of &viand. of the ease weekly
c sal Peollelas Feed, to that
of ON royal ealubitioa with •
. p. of • stiLiag, sod eater without
sad whew they hare beta
'try bt pro; and t • take coact' km to
toot ask Weakest' the spirit, to
I ileyease the itivoatsvo iiiaa."

r isteiligest paeans is Moe-
cc...4 ea tbe lash alt., • wet seta-
.. 4 the nreassat is Caaada via •
shibitlaa of 1651:

ivELSITT REfOltit.—lt is stet d
; rraaze apoiaea the issue of nay eoaaia-
w
for icsairy tato the &Bain of the two
close of stratus% aced has already re.
Letrly all the lies& of houses at Oxford,
most with a similar reception at Caa-

E.—The Poemtatar-G. mai has just
wing Lastrueti,,a to all postmasters: —Eirtoa
...mlinbire. sad Motherwell, la Lanarkshire,
•is 000s•i•ated pAt toots. the offices there
the rose sad payment of money orders os
inst. The aft.* of HoWs P..int basins

Pee broke Dock, coney ordon will be
a! Vac L-oko Dock, it toad of H.bb's Point,
inst.

.L: :( 4TIONs FOB CVBTom Horse
C susisnotans of the Board of Como:motleys
ln that so person elm l appointed to Ma
wane Itor,alter who his am • lisowl•die
Li Gersten languages, •ad of arithmetic and

C:ON Or COAL MIN Ens from Nor-
Darbam. referred to iu Saturday's Es-
: Lad an interview with Sir Robert Peel,
opcn wad wen equally well received by
• vt his private mildew* to bespeak his M.
•:t of hre-dateep explosions is mines. They
:•ev,w wit Professor Hann, of King's Col-
• t•.:.ntc en the tut ject of f paradox
y Mr. 6,llswertby Clumsy, in the late
s• —ems in maim, in which they eassider an
• of lie and death to be Involved hitherto

ROTAL NATAL SCHOOL—The anniversary dinner
of the subscribers to this institution took place on Saturday
at the London Tavern, the Right lion. F. T. Baring, M P.,
is the chair. The Chairman, In giving the tout of the even-
ing, " Prosperity to the Royal Naval School," said, he
should take shame to himself for not having been a come'-
- butor to its funds before the pretest time. R-prcsenriag the
great naval port of Portsmouth he ought to bi mindful of
AND DEsTITrTE SAILORS' the naval school. Having dilated on the benefin of the in-
" Boat meeting of these united iastintioos
•'-'y.
at Hanover-squire Roma ,• Admiral stitution to the navy and commerce of Great Bri'ain, he ,1
tie chair. The report stated that the concluded by proposing the toast, which war drank with load
'7 seamen in the metrcrlis from the f aiet. aeon. Otter toasts having been honoured, the Chairman
:• Rme tad led to the formation of nisi- gave " The success of the Arctic expedition, and hoped their
L Liv"Pe°4 Pdrisalcutb' and other rallaat countrymen, Sir J. Franklinand his crew, would yet
17, and that sinui I institution existed
:.arts. Canine, ant is other ports of the return to reap the honours and rewards which a grateful
• . by British .einoria. 4,638 souses hid country would bestow upon them." The tout was received
. the Hose during the past year, Gf whom with unbounded enthusiasm, three times three, and one
"inn* A ludwprePhrtion of thole cheer more. Sir John Ross acknowledged the toast amid
'",*.A. la.fsaattle nano*, bat from almost increased cheap, and expressed himself ready to sacrifice his
imabariaaßbl°,,alt some of life in renewed 'attempts to assist his gallant friends and
?-it the will% teak connected with the Usti- countrymen.
4_••it •of the:, money had passed through the r COS= CALLA TO TILE BAR.—A further call to
ca.r..er. being d. posited sad drawn out by the the bar of students of the Middle Tempts war made on
7 2131. had bees fcrwerded either to Saturday last. The followieg gentlemen were admitted :
' u 1.4 mlattlw. Lartag the year 470 &ppm- Lyttleton Holyoake Bailey, Esq., OsorgeWoodyatt Bestir gs,
Ma ruined. A liner, sad a school were pro- Eso,, John Berry Ton, Rev, and Alexander Gilchrist, Roo,
,toselv
•• h 161% with regard tte Destitute FißE.—Yeaterday a fire, attended with a serious
rum, which was real byslated den, R.,T. C. Gribbie, destruction of property, broke out In the premises belonging
like thed't °"." hid bees to Mr. Richert' Stevens, fancy bread and biscuit baker,
year'g,d ',WWI of Lord Bad- tarrying on tuner at No. 13, Little Windmill.street,
sd ."8114"• 5.. the 1.100111 Oolden-square. The discovery was made at a few minutes
. finer resoluiecs is accordsurt before three, a.m., by Mr. Stevens, inn., who was sleeping
feet wen ploy** d and %read to, in the first floor. He mashed up stairs and alarmed the in-
Un Set urda y the polio, mates. Racing descended to the shop, he found that one of
:ttieklds Wadies a mat used Jeseph Cuh Gib- I his young sisters, with an infant in her arms, was standing
• wire d with othi n, not yet at the Iron'. door, endeavouring, but in vain, to open it, in
lc
"hal • ees" l'aw°6l4keft• The wigs have I order to effect her escape. The smoke at that time was a
knr t°l-metl44 rollest he sale, non dense in the shr.p, that the girl and the infant were neatly
fem. *nee aid cone, finely failed, to fort" I suffocated,
and flames were rushing through the parlour
ti,ll de day of ails somas of tie party attend, bid door, end spreading towards the staircase. Recollecting if
.'ut•b* and, 61.6%f1e. tv onus the per- he opened the front door the draught would send the flames
IVl4'v the welt st ter to Ore a Rumen- to the top of the house, he pulled his sitter and the in-
ate
,r 4••• and n" hayloft any suspicion, at fent through the fire to the first ft err. Having opened the
t. "riles's, The next step of the I front window, he called far emistanee, when the eurient of
o rots a pawntwuker's and pledge the articles; air thus admitted mad* the fire ascend with viol,nee, and
they would fetch if they were gidd, at the same ; very speedily toe bath part of the room in which they
"44 It 4 soar mu?, 'animas which coot- ; were crogregated together became ignited. Mr. Stevens,
..I",th‘r;.ulter ou, rd.' The mitt, r; in order to prevent his infant child frets being burned to
;') • T"."", suctiower, in Leicester- ; death threw it out of window, and it was caught in the
4," .7'l .51 :—A few evenings afro Giber I stem of police constable 86 C. Another child was thrown
torsee, sag ems, of out is a binder meaner, and saved by the same officer.
r Lw•.*Lted as gold, e.. 4 a.k, d 11r.Thontas ; Mr. Stevens, leo., and three other children, were afterwards
• ~ nem for Liu.. Mr. Thomas app. ti ' taken from the first floor by the emcee, and nit one cf them,
• 'P t rim, and, belie mug they were gold, fcrtunatrly, ri caved any
aminjury of importance. The 'sups
ahandssaveOiteion a deposi ong
t. Fain !beling to the Sc. Jes's S .Tiny was quickly on the
t" "hiss, efterwards ruse to his ksowledge, snot, and having been raised in fu.nt of the premises the
we ander...4 to test the colas ow the obverse flames shot forth from the upper windows and set the ma-
hrZl, ;het, dueeerred that they WWI only coins on fire. Fortunately, the conductor was enabled to
us tome- immediate', waited upon the I reuse Mr. St , jun. the last p non is the house, so
1••• •ho seat Mr. Field, an expert that tie whole wen provldestlally saved from sanding with
" • tie, to ore the matter. Mr. a horrible death. The engines of the pariah of 6+. Ann, Vie
ai the medals brAtes up, and be this Ludas Brigade, sod Wear of Replied Company were
,
r.. swat ingeseetimy made. Ibe MOO am the spot, bat during the interval the flames bad ob-
" ''lt diy.r copper, the a a thin coat GI talked the corollate possession of every room is the premium.
1.4 nrttom golf The rims wets aloe The flames could cot be conquered until the whGlo of the
n mutt urger that, a crown pier, stock in trade, futon ure, sad wrung eppael were dew ulati,
'l''• ". h %.• of Oilmen 11111. Field sumeaded and the pre more nearly gutted. Frost the eaamination
he will be takes before the mortis, since made by the brigade' them seems no doubt but that
-trey of the eta. t, have been pledged the fire was caused from the overheat of the oven, which
'lll'wd-• way a". 4.4 "oath more I was immediately wader the back parlour flooring. The suf-
ferer was insured is the Bea Pass-cogleo,