The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

A Nova'. Titan.—C. Crisp wee charged with stealing • to
saga eontainang a blackbird.
Polies cosatable 39 Et stated that ! about a quarter pest
four this morning he was on duty in King-strnt, Soho,
when he saw the primmer join two long poles Wotan. and 100.
go np to • Mess, in the front of which a cage containing a eh
blackbird wee hanging. After looking stealthily round, It 4
the prlsoses put the pole up to the Ern-Boer window St.
01 We house, and lifted the age from the hook when it was lo
hanging. Winess reshed forward to collar the prisoner, II
when the latter dropped the eats and ran away. Witness be
pursued him as Jar r Newport. market, and took him into to
custody. le
lir. F. Mayer, 36, King-street, pound that the cage end st
bird were Ms property, and worth 10i. St.
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A constable stated teat latterly numerous complaints bad
been made to him by parties who had loot their birds, and no
doubt the prisoner bad stolen them, as be (the trusetable) so
had frequently met him at an early hour In the morning 50
with the poles in his possession, but thinking be wes a bill- Li
stiekn he took no further Intl,e of him. The prisoner, who 25
did not deny the charwoo fully committed for trial. r,
M NSIONMOUSE. _

DUNCAN, THU etIA1;118T POET.—J.H. Duncan, known fe
as "the Chartist Poet," was charged with creating a riot at
a meeting held at the London Tavern list evening, for the
purpose of petitioning the legislature to rescind the new ;;
postal arrangements. 131
Mr. J. Irvin Scott, secretary of the committee calling the 12.
meeting, was present at the meeting last evening, Ift
whew a perms in the body of the meeting inter- ao
repaid the proceedings, when the prisoner suddenly
slootr up and made • rush at the pereonjwho was making the '
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seise, and furiously assaulted him, kicking and stalking him se
is the fees and body repeatedly. Th. prisoner then jumped 13
upon the table in front of the chairman, and attempted to use
WHO' the meeting. Bernal persons raised hold of him 'o 1170
remove him, and he struck out right and left, upset the
table, threw the nketands in all dnections, also smashing 14
the whole of the Onus and decanters of water placed for 30
the refreshment of the !peahen, and saturated the petition 16;
that was lying upon the table wi k ink, and the meeting fit
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became a scene et general upriar.
City Police constable, 36, mid he was assaulted by the 32
prisoner, who knelt upon his chest and kicked him several 10
times. ro
The prisoner, on being called open for his defence, turned 00
his back to the alderman and addreseed the people in the 11
court, saying he would have justice and freedom of speech in ;
public reeetlari. fa
Mr. Alderman Gibbs ordered the prisoner to find two sari- ita
Use of 201. each to keep the peso for three months. lei

PROCLAMATIONS OP OCTLAwRT.—On Saturday at
the general quarter sessions for the city of London the fol-
lowing proclamations of prncredings to outlawry were made ; Se
John Ellis, late of No. 4, Elm-court, Temple, at the suit of io
James llendersln and Edward Lyons; John Kerschner, 101
late of the Middle Temple, at the milt of William Eldridge : re_
George Wood, des:ribed as late of the city of London, at
the suit of Francis Line; the same, at the suit of Francis to
Lyne and Charles Christopher Davie; and William Strange, le
of No. 21, Paternoster row, St. Paul, at the suit of William Bt.
Henry Smith. re
THE REPORTED DEATH OP MR, JOSEPH BAILEY, 43,:
JUN., M.P. too HIRIFORDSRTRI.—The Hereford Jotffnal Nio
publiahes the following contradielon to this rumour : "See- 16
tag a report of my death in the Ilereford Times of this date titc
(June 29th), I write a few lines with my own band to assure to
my friends that snit report is uotounded. Both Dr. Bright gi
and Sir B. Brodie consider me better, and, with the blessing 6t.
of God on their skill, I hope still to be restored to health. 56
They however tell me candidly that my restoration must, et.
under the most favourable circumstances, necessarily be slow 84'..
and tedious. I fear, therefore, I shall have to claim the indul gO
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genes of my constituents, as it is not pesaible I shall be able go
to union my parliamentary duties this session."
NEPAUL.—At the Royal Geographical Society on IT
Monday, a paper was read, giving some information on the 2;
northern frontier of Nepaul, by Loll Sing (a member of the yo
Nepaulese embassy at present in London). According to 2
Lull Sing, the boundary line of the north frontier of Nepaul 125
is incorrectly laid down in all our beet maps, and should he 20
moved further north. The line should leave the boundary
(as at present laid down) at Goenogthan, from which place st.
westwards both elopes of the main chain of the Himalaya 111
belong to Nepaul. The boundary then runs along a ridge to 91
the north of the Himalaya, including Mustang, a place about
thirty miles from the foot of Dhawalegiri, and much in re- 26
sort among pilgrims. From Mustang the fruitier continues N
west, including the valley of Havels, with the bead waters of co
the river Gagne. Lill Sing (who was present and was much to
applauded) stated, in answer to a question made, that 10
" the distance from the Nepaul and Tibet frontier to the 20
Bratnapntra or Dsanpo, was about seven hoe or fourteen is
miles." The Bremaputra is at this place said Is be about It
as wide as the Thames at London, and fordab'ri in some cci
places. The paper was accomponied by sketches of Ne. to
paul, made duriur his stay in that country by Mr. J. E. 10
Wiuterbottom, F.R.O 8.. and by an original map of the r
Tibetean frontier by Mr. R. Strachey. The latter gentleman `5
sail that he had no doubt but that the proposed alteration co
in our maps of the Nepaul frontier would be found to be se
substantially correct. is
THE SIGHTS OT SMITIITIELD.-69, Chancery-lane, 00
July 8, 1850.—Sta,—You are a friend to humanity ; suffer ray
me, then, to lay before you the following statement :—This so
morning I passed through one cnnier of Smithfi Id ; the St.
first thing I beheld was an unfcrtuna'e sheep with a large 25
cut (two or three inches long) in its side—every time the
animal moved the bones were exposed. A little further on
an ox was running about with tee blood pouring from his 63
nostrils, and not far off another fine bullock was walking so
along with one of his home knocked off, one side of his face to
was clotted with blood, and the eye completely destroyed. So
Surely such scenes as these are unworthy of such an en-
lightened
country as England.—Apologising for thus in- 1
trading, I remain, sir, drz..., ALFRED J. TALBOT.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN EMIGRANT SIIIP.-0a 20
Wednesday • serious accident occurred to the New York 8D
emigrant ship Hemisphere, by which three men lost their
lives. The vessel, which was commanded by Captain Whit- to
taws, left Liverpool yesterday week, bound for New Yoik. gp
Whilst in the Channel she encountered a gale of wind from le
the west-south weer, and the men were ordered aloft to reef 20
topsails. Whilst they were thus engeged, the ship gave a 20
tremendous lurch to leeward, and the three masts were at t
once carried away. It is stated that there were eighteen
of the crew aloft at the time, and four were 'pitched
into the sea, one of them not to rise again, while the
others were thrown with great violence on the deck. Of the
latter, two, named Wiliam Gibbs and George Bethel, were
killed on the spot, end others sustained serious injury. After
this dreadful catastrophe the remainder of the crew got up
what head sail they could and put the ship round; and,
although it was some time before they met with assistance,
they ultimately fell is with the steamer Queen, by which
they were towed to the henry on Thursday attenaeon, and
subsequently; into Nelson-dock. The wounded wen were
conveyed to the Northern Hospital, end on the following
day an inquest was held en the bodies of the two men
who were killed. The facts, as above stated, were given in
evidence, and after a searching invistigatiun a verdict of
" Accidental death " was returned. The Hemisphere is
quite a new ahip,having only recently come from Boston to
Liverpool on her first trip. It is thought that the heavy
rain and the rolling of the sea canoed the rigging to slacken,
to which circumstance the fatality is mainly attributed.
FEARFUL Gas EXPLOSION.—Between two and
three o'clock yesterday morning, two men named John and
Joseph Matinee, toll-takers at the Woodford Gate, Essex,
John Senor, supposed to be an assistant, John Pullen, a gas-
fitter, and Mary Anne Maurice, the toll.keeper's wile,
together with her infant child, were brought to the London
Hospital, in • most lamentable condition. On the previous
night, or rather towards the morning, one of the toll:takers
observed that there was a large escape of gas in the
vicinity of the tollhouse. He at oncesent into the village
SCR Pollen, who unfortunately rushed suddenly with • light
to ascertain from what direction the escape mistaking place.
Igultion was instantaneous, and an explosion ensued. 'lime
In the vicialty hastened to the spot, when it was found that
the toll-house was blown up, the roof being completely shat-
tered ; and the five persons above named were lying fa a
meet disastrous state in various directions. It is apprehended
that the child is the only one of the party likely to survive.
The utmost excitement prevails in the neighbourhood, and
she sequiry likely to ensue, if any ens lives to give evidence,
is looked forward to with deep anxiety.
NEGLECTING TEE ÜBE OP THE SAFETY LAMP.—
The explodes of fire damp in Means. Charleaworthe' pit,
at Crigeledose, near Wakefield, a few weeks ago, has re-
sulted in the death of John Jagger, one of the burners, aged
18 years. Deceased was hurrying coal for his brother on the
day
coo eke explosion took place ; and the brother, when
In the workings, had lighted noodle in his band, which
ignited the gases at a distance, he states, of about two yards
frees the hoe of the workings. The deemed was much
burnt upon his body, and died on Friday last. The ventila
Lion of the pit is represeand to be good ; and the brother
of the demised Messrs. Cherleswerth provided safety
lamps OM the me of the miners, Mr. Lee, the caroler, has
held en inquest ea the body, when the jury returned • toy-
ed of " Accidentally burnt."