The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-27 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

C Or STAIIBINO.—Mary Area Jose. was charged
with stabbing Samuel Humphries in the eye sad other parts
of the body, with a fork, causing serious injury.
Complainant, whose eye exhibited rather a severe wound,
and whose tight hand was much hurt, stated that at a late
hour lest tight he went into the British Coffee•house, opposite
the Surrey Theatre, with &friend, when the priemer suine to
the place where he was sitting, and without the dishiest
ceremony seised some bacon he was eating, and de-
voured Is. He remonstrated with her, when she inlaid
a fork, and stabbed him on the edge of the left eye. She
then, in a mast violenkmanner, while he was suffering the
mess acute pain, stabbed bins with the same instrument in
the right band. Had not his friend assisted him, he believed
she would have anion d him dreadfully. His eye was in a
very bad state, and he was of opinion that he should lose the
sight of it.
The complainant's friend was called, and informed the
magistrate that Humphries used no violence towards the
prisoner. lithe seised up the fork so suddenly, that although
witness was sitting close by, he could not prevent her stab-
bing him.
Mr. A'Beckett committed her for trial.

Ths Right Hoe. T. Milner Gibson and Mr. Hay-
wood had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at tte
Hose-ofßee.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BiallOP•OATE.—Last night,
shortly after 8 o'clock, a ecaflegrstion, whisk ooreeinood a
great dwitutation of property, bunt forth on some extensive
premises belonging to lielern. ll'Culloch sad Co., the whole-
sale chemists and armlets of Ilishorgatestreet. The Boon
wars well filled with drugs, but fortunately for the adjoining
property very little spirit or oil were in the building. Betas
the engines could arrive from the J.ffryrquare tuition,
which is within a short distance of the spot, the w hole inte-
rior seemed to be in funs., and although several eogines
were brought to bear upon it, the fire continued to burn with
mock fury, and the ma'am fell in with • loud crash. At
10 o'clock, although a lugs body of fire matinee l in the
ruins, all danger was removed of the adjoining buildings
being fired. The loss must aecemsrily be considerable, but
it is uniustood that the firm are insured.

COIIFEIIBIO9 OP MuIDBS.—It has within the last
two or three days been made known that John Beasley,
aged 70, who died at CMiwell, four miles south of Notting-
ham, on the 18th instant, confessed on his death-bed that,
23 yeas ego he murders) a hawker of shawls, blanket., .14.,
and disposed of the body. At the period of his
sadden disappearance, the murdered man professed
to be courting one of BaselBo &statue.
and as he was known to be he passim of
a contiderable sum of money, be was looked epos as being
rather a dedrable suitor, especially as the Baguleys were
knows to be very poor. The hawker bad not been miming
more than twelve months, however, before their circum-
stances began to improve, and from the condition of a poverty
stricken Molter Bergey became suddenly &dumped to that
of a eemlortable cottager, with a number of pigs in his stye.
This first Mrs. Stanley died fire or biz years ago, and said a
short time previously that sue had something on her mind
which she should like to reveal ; bat this coming to her
husband's knowledge, he never afterwards would allow a
stranger to go to her room. The preset Mrs. Bsguley was
masted to him about three years ego, sins which time,
she says, his condact as been very strange in his sleep.
Frequently be would jump up in a state of great excite-
ment, and melds that some one was abaft to seise him.
The day bet re Is died, he said to her, " The pick that
did it with is buried in the dyke," and other revelatioas
followed, which have sot yet ben made public. The
whole of the eireaseetaness have bees made known to T.
B. Chewiest, Esq., the local magistrate, and will no doubt
be fully and Sleiently investigated.
1117%•11 URAL BSPllLTuhn.—Yesterday a meeting
of the medial practitioners et the Wes Pend wee held at Dr.
H. Biemetes resideame, 9, Cambridge square, Hyde.perh, to
whim' parliament for the immediate and total abolition of
intramural burials, and esposislly for the closure of Si.
George's, Hanorsr-square, bound-grooad, as being the pro-
lids ewes of disease in its neighbourhood. Dr. Chows'
was called to the chair, end amongst those who addressed
the needs, were Drs. Drury, Adep, Webber, Bsecett,
Tilt, Goeldee, Douglas, 0. Walker, Powell, ho. Roo•
ladies ia accordance with the objects stated in the maid-
thin were adopted.

DRAMs!.
sqi BUNN ON THE STAGE.

Lid maiag Mr. lane 711eli;e7sd7 at the St.
James's Theatre. a " literary and dramatis sonologae,"
esealids. of a skate of the history of the stags iron its
first estaulhhiment la this anntry, with mandotes of **std.
sal venoms's, sad a dismission of the causes whit& have
led to tha present deesy of enr national drama, and Its
fat are propane.
The lestare wee enliettaad by a multitude of fooltiat—
jak.r. assedistes, boo-note, rte., sway of than good and
apparently sew, and eon. rather eta and Joe Millerfsh,
bet ell of than exceedingly wall told, and their offset on the
whole was very good. The entertainment was received with
great Geplante, sad will has, we think, many repetitions.

SPORTING.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.

LITIRTOOL, TUuDAT i;1111111107 1(701.001L---::/%0 /01
lowing as a list of the steeple Mame that have arrived up to
the t time :—Pe er Simple, Knight of Gwynn*,
FanMm, Vainhope, Mulligan, Laurel gelding, Maria Day,
Columbine, Sobriety. ',Ned am, Kilkenny, Pegasus, British
Yews, Mat-map, The Victim, Iron Bake, Rory be aisy,
Byname ffkilip, FistiMuff, Aldel-Keder, Little
Fumy, hr:veay, Sir loon, The Chandler, Sprier; Burk.
Meath, red, Rainbow, The Oaks, Grand Limier*,
Tiallefellr Boy, Hope, Johnnie Barrie.
and Maid of Arbon' are not hero.
Tran4l, Mahouts& The Hero, 84011.0, Miss Cooke,
rinill Me Odd Fellow are sarateked.
It is calcilated that at least 30, some my 34, will start--a
number without prmedint in steeple chasing, and in the
"chapter 01 110E4dTIRS" calculated to OTT the round bettor.
a chance which a less numerous field would not have afforded
them. The ground is in good condition.
ARRIVALS TOR TR. FLAT ARCM—Portia, C. ariri,
D Mu, Wild Rose, Ortssideston, 'the Augean,
John of Tu.sa, Magio Wand, Emma, Fugitive, Pio Nono
Andalusian, The Liddell Lady, Nelsen, and I. by Malej
Moloch. Several others ars riposted.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. I. W. Lea, Mayor
of Worceeter; Mr. John Hill. Tows.elerk; Mr. Reneard
Beam, Vies Proident or the McNemar Chamber of Com-
user• e; and Mr. J. W. Ira-, secompanied by the memben
•or • C..T • • Worcester• kwd en interview with the Con-
Wideman et Railways yesterday.
le &meal btr Alexander Duff had an interview with
But Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Pritt and Mr. Lewis had an interview yester-
day with the Cnettassiceere of Railways, respecting the
Lanseshin and Yorluhire Railway BilL
'lns American Minister had an interview with the
R•elti Wei H. Labouchere yesterday, at the oleos of the
Board of Trade.

COLONEL HOMILLY, brother of the solicitor-gene-
ral, in onntequeeoe of an invitation from the liberal electors
of Centrrhuty, has gone down to stand se • eaadidste f. r the
representation of that city in the room of Lord Albert Dr
ninon, who has accepted( 'the Chiltern Hundreds. We be-
lieve Lord Albert Denison will be raised to the peerage, by
the title of Lord Lmdeaboyough,the name of an estate which
he has recently parakeet d.—Morning paper.—The Glob*
stye ikot Mr. Mein James, the eminent barrister, has been
re anted by the liberal electors to offer himself.
THE FATAL AFFRAY AT THE DORCHESTER PRO-
TECTION MRSTUIO —ALJOIIIINID INQVIIST....-On Monday,
the inquiry into the des It of the lad Allen, who
was killed in the ',affray after the protection meeting
held at Dorchester on Wednesday last, was resumed at
toe Shire hall. The rep)rt of the previous inquiry
appeared in the Express of Someday. The Inquiry
Issue! the entire day, and the determination was not an-
nounced until the jury bad been upwards etaizteen hours in
consultation. The party suspected, Mr. John Brake, of
Splice, was present, attended by Mr. W. Manfield, solicitor.
—W. Marks sworn—l am Mr. Brake's brattiest's-law. I
saw has at the protection meeting at Dorchester, on Wed-
nesday, dressed as he now is. Missed him on rooming
out of the meeting. Af•erwards Mr. Brake told me he had
knocked down two " navvies," bat had not received a blow
himself. He had a light drab coat at his inn, but he left it
with hie tone [Most of the previous witnesses bad stated
that the man who stunk down the boy was dressed in a drab
overcoat.]—lLDuke, a met, said he came out of the barrack-
yard witn Air, Brake alter the meeting. The mob pelted
the farmers with stones, and Mr. &aka suggested that the
farmers should charge. Brrke turned to she right, and
witness saw Lisa thrashing a man with a stick Witness
then went ti tne left, and saw the boy struck down. It
could not have bt en Brake wno struck the blow. for he must
have been at lest 160 yards off.—Mr. B. Damen corro-
borated pis evidence. He was qui*. certain Broke
could not have struck the boy, btassee the boy
was struck to the lift of the barracks and Brake
had gone to the right. —H. Longman gave similar
testimony.—Captain K. H. Binehare, a county magis-
trate, stated that be saw Mr. Brake entail, the bar-
rack.gres after the meeting had begun. He was waiting to
get in, but could not. Saintly afterwards Col. Smith, with
40 or more farmers, came out to es:ert the county members
in. 13:ooss were thrown at them, and he returned to the
town. Brake was drested as he was now—in a black shoot-
ing *ILA, without a top cost —F. Nioolls and Mr. J. Long.
man were called to prove that Sergeant Fitzsimmons, who
had sworn most positively to the identity of Brake, had de-
scribed him as a man with grey hair, he having black
hair and sandy whiskers.—C. Cox, a witness who had
sworn positively to Brake on a femur occasion, now
volunteered the following statement :—I work for
Mr. Bonitos, the master of the lad who was killed.
Feeling very uneasy in my mind, I went to him this morn-
ing and t •Id him I did of feel altocether confident whether
Brake was the man who knocked down the boy or not. I
now use Mr. Brake in court, and l'll swear he is the man
who wrack down Allen. He was dr.ssed differently when I
saw him at his house, and that, I suppose, led me to doubt
whether he was or was not the party, but now I can swear
to hiss positively. The witness was subjected to a strict
cross-examination, but he persisted in his stir ement —J.
Elmer, a sboemskor, was then sworn, and his evidense eon-
trad;cted that of Nicoll@ es regarded the description given of
the man by tee sergeant.—J. Vincent wore positively to
Brake b-ing the party who had struck dawn the boy, and
pointed him out in court—On Tuesday morning the jury,
navies bet n locked upfro m 4. p.m., tll half-past 8 a.m.,
announced that they could not egret, and were bound over
to appear at the active cn the 14th Much.
ABOLITION OF INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.—Yes-
tr eay a meeting of the inhabitants of Penteaville, was held
at the Belvidere Tavern, for the purpose of advtiag mea-
sures to obtain the prohibition by parliament of the practice
of burying within the pea:tints of the metropolis and other
large towns. Mr. Multiplies, M.P., for Leamington, in the
chair. The Secretary of the London Sudsy for the aboli.
lion of burials in towns explained the °elate and objects of
the society, stating that it was their intention to form
auxiliary societies in all the metropolitan districts, in order '•
earn out this most important sanitary reform. In the coun•
of the proceedings many retails were given of the disgustirg
condition of the grave .yards in Postmen!' and its vicinity,
particularly Spafields and Bt. Oiler's Cemetery, Camden-
town. ffesolutiees were adopted, declaring the practice of
burying the dead in large towns to be productive of Weal.
on fable evils, and calling upon parliament speedily to nuts a
measure, founded upon the late report of the Board of
Health. A petition to parliament embodying these resolu-
tions, was oleo ad, pled.