The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-22 00:00:00

PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF SLACKFILIARS-BRIDGE,

Mr. H. W. VALLANCE, the chairman of the Bridge•home
Commitase, brought op a report, which recommended
*Sher things that the present Blackfriars-bridge
should be taken down, and a new bridge erected in lieu
thr"L _ _

Yr. Ds dust said it appeared to him that the question
involved in this report was far too important to be taken
into consideration at once, and he should therefore move
that this report be printed and circulated among the mem-
ben of this court, and that it be taken into consideration on
a future day.
Mr. VALLASCI said he had no objection to the course that
wag proposed Mr. De Jersey, but he would merely ob-
serve that the London, Chatham, and I Railway would
erect another bridge at • distance of 105 feet from the re-
sat bridge, and that they could not proceed until
knew what course the Corpocation intended to take with
reed to Blackfriars.
The LORD MAYOR °homed that it was of immense im-
portanos that the works of the railway should not be de-
layed, and he suggested that there should be a special sitting
of the court to consider the report in question.
This suggestion was agreed to, and the court, after dia-
-1 posing of souse other business, adjourned.

SHOCKING DEATH OP A POACHER.
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Oa Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held
before Dr. Birt Davies, at the Grand Turk, Ludgatobill,
Birmingham, on the body of James Willcox, by trade •
pearl button maker, 39 years of age, residing in Sheep-street,
who received severe injuries whilst poaching at Enlington,
on the 16th instant, and died in consequence, at the Genes
cal Hospital.
Police-constable John Palmer said that on the night of
the 16th he was on duty now Mr. Wheelwright's forth,
when he beard • number of sheep bleating. Suspecting
that there was something wrong he immediately proceeded
acmes • field, and had prooreded about ro yards over another
meadow when be saw the figure of n man about 20 yards in
edvanos. He "flashed" his hintern, and the man ran away.
He was, however, stopped by • young Newfoundland
dog that accompanied witness, nod proved to be the da-
mmed. Witham caught hold of him, and a severe struggle
occurred between them, during which time the deceased
called for help to a companion, who replied, " Put it
into him." On hearing this wither succeeded in obtaining
•poresuon of a loaded cane he carried with him, and which
eb had dropped during the encounter, and commenced to
defend himself with it from the blows the deceased and
his companion attempted to give him with two sticks.
Witness struck several times with the tune, and at length
the deceased fell to the ground, and the other man imme-
diately made off. He examined the deceased, and find-
ing him to be bleeding he sent for • surgeon, and with
assistance convoyed him to the Birmingham General
HesphaL
Two witnesses were then called, who produced a
large clasp knife and a stick the prisouer carri

Mr. Goodall, house surgeon at the above institution,
proved the admission of the deceased to the hospital about
four o'clock on Sunday morning. He was then quite insen-
sible; had a wound on the left parietal bone, and a com-
pound fracture of that bone, through which the substance
of the brain was escaping. He continued in an unconscious
state until Monday afternoon, when he expired from the
effects of the injury. After death witness found a circular
aperture in the parietal bone about an inch .quare, and the
bone from the aperture was deeply embedded is the brain.
The Coroner summed up the evidence at some length, and
the jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of " Homicide in eelf-defeuce."

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A PROTESTANT CLERGY-
MAN IN IRELAND.—The Limerick correspondent of Saws-
dere: News, writing on Wednesday. says This' day, at
1 o'clock, I wu informed of a diabolical attempt made on
Friday night to amassinate the Rev. William Archer, rector
of eraser, in this county, where the rev. gentleman is
highly esteemed and respected by all well-diapused penman,
but who, it appears, is rather unpopular with the lower
class of Roman catholica, bemuse of his advocacy of the
religious tenets of the established church, of which he is a
zealous and painstaking minister. It appears that while
the Rey. Mr. Archer was Pitting in the parlour with his son
and daughters, between 10 arid 11 o'clock a servant man, on

leaving AC holier for the night, when passing down the !aiq
observed three men of suspicious appearance, whom he
avoided, and he saw them proceed on towards the glebe, and
soon after heard a shot fired, but being afraid he did not
follow them. The fellows made off at once, and upon
examination it was found that the window chatters being
closed and of strong eubstance, the charge did not fortu-
nately penetrate the panels, but lodged in the timber—a cir-
cumstance accounted for by the fact of the gun not having
been properly charged. The daring ruffians flung stories
through the glass, and broke several panes of glass in the
upper windows of the house, terrifying the inmates to an
alarming extent. No clue hill yet been had to the perpe-
trators of this vile act, the commission of which is deeply
regretted by the gentry of the entire neighbourhood, who
bold the Rev. Mr. Archer and his amiable family in deserved
and well.merited respect."
THE COLLIZKY EXPLOSION AND Lore or LIFE
NUR AELIDAHIL—The inquiry into the circumstances
connected with this attestrophe was brought to a close on
Wednesday. The jury, after about an Itotw's con-
dilatation, returned the following verdict :—" We find
that the deceased met with their deaths from the ex-
ploits of fire-damp, and we are of opinion that the
1110011,111111WW11 of gas was caused by the door between
Nee. 9 and 10 headings having been left open, but
by whom we have no evidence to show. We strongly
recommend the proprietors to adopt the suggestions of
Mr. Emma, the government inspector of mines, with re-
gard to the exclusive use of safety lamps."
Private letters of the 26th nit. have been received
at Poole,
from Bt. John's, Newfoundland, to the threat that
great mortality prevailed there, particularly among the
young. Trade was depressed, the merchant, had curtailed
their establishments, and the outfit for the seal fishery was

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