The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-25 00:00:00

ItIcHIIOND 31EETIN1:.—(THIS DAY.)

lir /N NDII 'A P. One aside awl a half.
Paler lith I .i.pesimusil, I 'detest, Fhwleia-the-hia, Myer.
hair. Pt -.up Tali, 'ir Harry, Aglaia Ikale,
lanceiiii, I awl, Klima Picnic are here.
Wit It .lIT srAkr.s. Your fur lour 21ei yank.
Tiara eutisicillor, Pati.ca, Neptune% I hr ILK I.:um,
7.01. W, Wallachia, Pihit, awl l'iciiWr are here.

usEr rI! ;W.% Four fui long% '-'4lll tank
Tini Whinier. itrahnon, Relent°, Iby !lank! 0 itottrke,
R-rer, , Tenet, Amelia, MirW ill ia ta A rnett n tog, Van turd,
staple • WEtentlala. Lord Chancellor, Ston.fortL Mir
Pennell, .t.lventurer, liatuseniale, Jackal!, Ohl Towler,
Early Mors. ratricl, King °I Ken, 1:,»c RAY. Pent.
nary. LoagetrinA, Nectar, and rz...lntial are here.

%El' LAN I/ MTAK K`f.
Maibtwu. Brawl, I ;.rtiseter, Loeelin, 'Patten:lp, I ;lel
stew., t, I.olq,,shot, N•eteNba, ItralA iii i i .
Ativelturer, aunt Nactar an hem

emAp.i.ve;•cnos.: IMIL HA E.—(7llls DA n

A tonvial i„rmieral meeting of the proprietors was
held at half-pint I. at tlio mines of an Moutlorastero
Railway Coolimey, landoshrulge, Mr. in the chair,
for the iwta, authorising the director. In wrens.th;
Lurn.-tiog lowers cooferred wan the entiapsoy to the extent
authorised by the Charism craw Railway Act, ISM).
The eMAIKIIAN, iu accordance with the intim, mond,
without any prefatory remarks, a resolution, authorising
the directors to borrow any sum not exceeding in
the whole 11X,4:00/., in such amounts, and at such
interest, and on surh terms nod cooditins, as
they might from that, to time think Gt. In reply to
some renark% of Mt. .tillutit, the chairman •.id that the
hioury to be raised woulol he applied solely iu conformity
with the powers of the lust act of parliament.
The revolution was then paned.

SHOIWING TRAGEDY IMAR xzwalsns-
UNDNIFLKIIE.

er,niir4 last, a moat ileplorablo jambe
to 4 it of uriguvermilrle rage transpired 1/l 4r this horough.
A 11••01S 11.•011,1 J 41111.1,11. :shoot fifty years of age, keeper of a
bvei•lionse known as the Mile House. midway between New-
castle awl Chestertou, killed a young man named Pickstock,
' whom be had mistaken for another WllO had aroused his
sager. Jobusim Las • daughter, a girl of shout 6fteeu
yeerx, rho, agliost the wishes of her parent, has been
" keeping company" with a youth belonging to Chestertou
named l'orper. on Sunday night this couple bad been to
divine seri ice at Cbesteiton, and, on returning, had fallen
in with several friends near to her father's realm:tee. A
little chat took place amongst the party, when Johnson,
hearing the voices, rushed into the lane, struck his daughter's
sweetheart in hi. face, and ordered the girl into the house.
Hu followed her, sod, accordiag to the evidence of one of
the parts, best her. Picketock, who bad been stmalios by,
waiting for Cooper, and two other friends, made off on the
first onslaught, the former pr reeding
oceedins. soniewhat leisurely
in the consciousness that he hail given the enraged man no
offence. In a minvte or so, however, one of the corn.
;anima who was in advance heard Pickstock say, " Don't
hurt me- - 1 know nothing about it ;" and turning, saw
Johnson strike deceased to the ground with a heavy billet
of wood, three or four niches wide and about five feet in
length. This made deceased's companion quicken his pace
and he ran until he could procure help. On his returning,
l'iekstock was cm his feet, and staggering nbout in an attempt
to move towards borne. He was unable to speak, but in&
rated the place of injury by motions. lie was assisted to
his lulgincs, his parrots residing in Middlewich, ..t Chester-
ton. Messenger were sent in several diredionsfor inediralaid,
hot • considerable time elapsedere it was available. Leeches
were applied to his temple., but be gradually sank, and
died at five o'clock neat morning. He was about DI yews
of age, and by trade a joiner. It is said that he was not in
the least degree intimate with Johnson's daughter ; iodeed,
that he did not know her. Johnson was taketi into custody'
oo Monday morning, examined before the magistrates at
Ilauley, sod remanded to await the result of the coroner's
inquiry, which was to be opened last night.

DESPERATE POAPIIINO AFFRAY AT
CAPISTIfoR.VE.

Yr-sterday, at the Macclesfield County Police- I
ofiice, three notorious poachers named Thames. itillkwl7.
Itichanl Walker, and Abraham Whittaker, wore brought op
on a charge of being concerned in a murderous attack upon
a petty of gamekeepers at Capesthorne. Mr. Ernest JOINS.
of Manchester, end Mr. Cooper, of t'ongletim, az=go
behalf of the prisoners ; Mr. Robinson, of
watched the case on behalf of A. H. Deveuport,:b4,
'spestliorne. The witnesses in the case bora terrible
of the violent treatment they had received. It appeared
the five watchers-110mm Nidley, Samuel Davies, Peter
Worth, Thos. Barnes, and Samuel Daniels—left the house
of the head gamekeeper, Cloatoa, at II o'clock on Monday
night, for the purpose of protecting the game. They passed
the night without meeting with anyone, but at 4 "clock
on the following morning, on paring through the ley
plantation at Cape...thorns, they came upon a net eight
yanla long, set aloogside the plantation, in a field ',charging
to a Mr. Dwitock. They beard the noise of a rabbit, end,
on Davis going towards the net, he saw two or three men
standing a short distance off. He then saw ten or a dozen
Archers, sal, on essaying to go towards them, he was
knocked ilown with a stone. He got up, but was knocked
down muds, and lay insensible on the ground. Alley
followed one of the me., who was running away, and, on
evering him, heard him say. " Now, chaps there are only
three." Ile MYI then struck twice by large stones which
the man took from his pocket. He still premed on ; they
laid hold of him, awl whilst four Ug five held his arms and
legs, two or three others continned striking Lira on the
head and face with stoma. Worth came to the rescue of
Davis and Aidley, but was struck front behind with a stone,
and set upon by three or four of the poachers. Eventually
the marauders made a clear escape, but as the keeper was
enabled to give the description of three of them, they were
apprehended.
The magistrates committed the primnen fur trial at the,
Chester maiime.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan ceimmenced an en-
gageincat at the Brighton Theatre on Momlay night.
THE BOARD or ADMIKALTV.—This triorninr,r a
bloc book of 79 pages wan jmuml, containing the minutes
of evidence before the select committee appointed to in-
quire into the constitution of the Bevil of Admiralty and
the varioeflities devolving thereon, and as to the general
effect of sue a system on the navy, and who were in.
strocted to consider tits present system of promotion and
retirement iu the royal navy. The committee, tinder dote
of July 16, observe that }key " have nmle progress iu
the matters to theta referred an I hare takes evidence upon
a portico of the subject. which they have agreed to report
to the house." The witnessei eNamintAl were the Duke of
&merest, Sir 3 (indent, Sir F. T. Baring, Sir J. hiking-
too, Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Admiral Sir It. Seymour,
Admiral W. Bowles, Sir Wood, Fire-Adatind 11. F.
Berkeley, Rear Admiral G. EUiot, Captain Denman, Vice-
Admiral Sir 11. Seymour, and Captain B. J. &divan.
Semite, WINE, AND MALT. A return woe
issued this musing of the quantities of foreign spirit. and
wine charged with duty, and entered for consumption in
the t'nited Kingdom, fur the six mouths ending the :10th
day of June, 1t.161. The qaantities were as follows :--
Spirit., foreign and colonial : brandy, 713,580 proof gal-
lons ; , 3111118 proof gallons ; rum, 1,702,073 proof
gallons ; wine, 6,103,57 S gallons. Front January Ito June
:10, i ilia, 9,399,654 gallon of honsemuide spirits were
charged with duty for cossumption, aud:rt,11.13,373 bushels
of malt were charged with duty.

THE &moron RDIIRTKATION Cornr4.—We glean
the following results of the registration courts which hare
already been held this year. At fluidics-field the liberals
show a net gain of 21; ;at Halifax, of ri ;at Bristol. of 30 ;
and at Hertford, of 4. At Leeds the conservative agent
omitted to Perm his notices notil Monday morning, the 244th
of August, acid this has been hell by the revising barrister
(Yr. Gray) to be fatal to the 170 objection. which he had
made. Anima Mr. Grey. decision, However, notice of ap-
peal has been given. At Blaykhorn the conservatives hare
objected to in fewer than 1,744 i liberal*, while not a single
torn ha. been objected to by the liberal.. The inatter has
crated much indignation in the neighbourhood.