The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-23 00:00:00

RIOT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT A PROTEC-

TIONIST MIMING.

In an affray that endued between the protectionists
and free traders at the Dorset County Protection Meeting, a
young man wee struck dour by a termer, and so seriously
tajured, that he expired the same night. An adjourned in-
quest on the body was held at Dorchester yesterday after-
noon. The name of the deceased is William Allen, aged
item twenty, and war in the employ of Mr. ionifas,
tailor, of Dorchester. The following is the main portion of
the evidence that has as yet been adduied
Mr. W. Sapp, serum attended the deceased when be
was brought to the Dorset county hospital, and found him
labearice under cooeution of the brain. He was muck
worse at eight o'clock in the evening, and at about eleven
o'clock he died. His death was soused from extrivasation
of blood ou the brain. On a post morons examination of
the body I found some slight external marks of injury on
the head, bat only one attended with eitravasation of blood ;
the stall was ultimately lain, and there was a slight fracture
of the parietal bone.
S. Bolster beavi Mr. J. Brake, butcher, of Sidling, say to
Mr. F. Bennett, landlord of the Royal OA, that it was he
who struck the boy. Hipp:tied to hear this conversation in
passing.
H. litickland.—l live at Dorchester. I wee in the Bridport-
, road on Wednesday when the meeting broke up Th. mob
I was very thick. Toe deceased was standing still, with one
hand in his pocket, when he was struck by a man who was
chasing some boys. The deceased stopped, apparently to let
the man peas, but directly he came up with him he swung
hi. stick in the air, and brought it down on the back of
Allea's bead as hard a. he could. Allen staggered and tell
backwards. After he struck Allen the man raa away to-
wards the rest of the farmers. Stones were flying about. I
want up to Allen and tooa him by the band, but he ap-
peared quite dead. I did not know the person who struck
deceased. Be struck him with a dark stout stick, and fell
down himself trim the violence with which he struck the
blow.

M. Devanish, jun., saw the farmers i u-suing the mob,
aad went in the same direction. I saw a young men. of 18
or 20, running away from a farmer. I saw him strike him
on the head. Tree boy dropped directly he received the
blow, which wee given with such violence that the fanner
tel too. I did not see his face. He had on a brown over
• sad appeared to be a tall. middisaged rasa. I should
not know him again if I were to see
F. Bennett. —I am landlord of the iyal Oak. I had no
twavereatioa with Mr. Brake yesterday. I sever heard him
own that he had struck the boy.
Sawa Litter.—l war pining down the street with my
hatband after the meeting was over, and, on pawing the
Royal Oak. I saw several persons and Mr. Brat,. I heard
Mr. Brake say to one of the persons, " I have done for him."
One of the ;onions said, " Was it you I" sad Mr. Brake re-
plied. " Yes."
C. Coa.—l saw the rasa strike down Allen, sad I wont
woos the field to him and said, " You are no taus ; you are
a inward " He turned round to a blacksmith, who was
standing by, sad saki. " I'll serve you the same, and half a-
dozen like you." The blacksmith offered to fight him. I
knew that the mm who struck Allen wee a hatcher living
at or near Bydluig. I had seen him frequently in the mar-
ket. I was one of Allea's shop-mates. I did not see him
do saytting before he was straek down. I went to Sidling
this morning to the house of Mr. Brake, and saw him. I am
sure be is the person who struck down Allen.
H. Lock, elicitor.—l saw one of the farmers running
after a young man, and hit him a blow with a large stick.
Tie ytuag man fell down, sad the Muer hiss If stumbled.
I I 'erred particularly at the man, but did nit recognise his.
I am partially acquainted with Mr. Brake, but cannot say
whether be was or was not the man. I was fully one
hundred yards from the spot, and heard the blow dis-
tinctly.
J. Fits-Simmer gave similar evidence, adding, I knew
the man from seeing him frequently in the town. Mr.
Br.ke is the man. I went over to his house this morning to
identify hint, and told him be was the man who had struck
the boy does. He said he was confident he was not. To
the best of my belief he struck the led with a white-handled
whip, with a hammer at the sod of it, with the hammer
*ad. I undertaki to swear positively he is the:man.
C. Cooper.—l live at Weymouth. I was present at the
useetias. The farmer who struck the boy was walking
along quietly, when the young man aimed a stone at him
deliberately and hit him, I believe, wider the ear. He
staggered two sr three paces back, and then followed the
lad. He had a stiek—a common walking-wick. He made
a eat at the boy, and I said, " That's a dead 'an." The
boy fell down as a rabbit does when he is shot. I was
within tea yards of him. I eJuld not identity the man.
Mr. Joseph Stone, towawlerk of Dorchester, said he saw
the beginning of the row, when the rash was amide from the
riding school. Stones were Bang, and windows were
broken. He west samara the people sad tried to pacify
them, and he asked a boy Ur his stick, which he gave up
readif.
A Juror—Did you ask the farmers to give up their sticks ?
Mr. Stone-1 did not.
The inquest was thou adjourned till Monday.

DEATH or LADY LOOT NORTH.—This lady died
as Wednesday lost at her towa residents' after a short illness.
Her ladyship was third daughter of the Right Rev. Dr.
Brownlow North, Bishop of Winchester, and sister of the
Earl of Oa Hord and the late D lwaier Lady Wahingham,
and Lady Henrietta Gamier. By the lamented demise of
her lady hip, several families of rack are plated In
mourning.
DiTaIIMINED B=lo6—Yesterday morning an
Mousse was held at the Neptune public-house, Neptune-
street, Rotherhithe, before Mr. Carter, the coroner, on view
of the body of Henry Jackson, aged 27 years. From the
t) eviden, of several witnesses, it eppeand that the deemed
wee late a may taker is the employ of the Clasen Steam-
poem Osaammy, and wee stationed at the principal pier,
Old Shades. Landon•brtdge. He was considered a trust-
worthy arrest, ascii some few weeks since, when a pignuts
aimed Callaghan, stationed at Chelsea, confessed to the on-
periateneent that be had been in the preettee of keeping a
number of tickets that he received from the passengers who
lauded GI his pier, and retuning them to the deceased, who
resold Om, and the afterwards shared be money between
them. This oa Monday eve weeks, and oa Wed-
nesday morning last hie body was found thatMo in the river
seer Globweisise Hotherhithe. It is supposed thus the
deceased threw Limit' from London Midge two or three
gap Amp. was dissimeed that ILtwas Implicated ia Wipeout
of trawl, se • man was seen to jump from the bridge Woe the
river, and hie deem was diearibpd to be similar to Ma do-
ameofs. The nallertanale man has hilt a wife and three
children to &piano Me midway end. The jury returned a
verdict of " Tem insanity, which had been brought on
by Ins of being

At i /petal emu% held at the goaety's-hoeite. oft
Wedety leek It was resolved—" That the Reyal AirLeal.
tail Moiety al Ragland shall bold their show of saute,
sadly their ewe rules and regulations, is Keariagsso, la
1861; hat that the misty will sot bold a show of lapis.
maw la that year."
Ur. *amend Barker and Mr. !dila, II P., gave *Delos
that Our shield naive, at the moodily senneil in April seat,
" That the seder la outwit of 3/4 May,lBa7, be reseladed,
with a view to eibetkate fee the eosatiee thareis massed,
the emu, of lifiadkasz. sad that the saceessive
the
of
the eahthithet be andedi toward so as to audataia the rata-
tics of Arias meow eserdtated.
1861.—Mwierreouree Itternicr, comprising the strasty
of 111 Malawi.
1862 —Bol7llt /Um= rizaratcrr, eaaprhiag the roan
Yes of Knit, firgem end Baum
1863 —Bovits Waste Dternurr, emprielas the whale of
South Wales, with the addition of the 'cooties of MenetoteA,
Gleoerster, Iterefeed, and Worcester.
1656 —LAST MIDLAND DMTZICT, g the MUD.
ties etLeleatter. Ll,,eola, Nottiagkata, Rutland.
Tuarruat Bauer.—Sic Royal Righnele Prince Albert
cowsaaaiested to the conned, throesh the 800. Colonel

laTM•Trasdelail;milehPaiislied:Zifo7tiralesraase
it implied of hie royal Mariner's participation in the national
objects of the society. The annuli directed Mb anotheelca.
that to be 'shafted for the eciaskifratioa and flacasethe of
their wit weekly amoral; ea the 13th of Muth.

MONEY MARKET.

FarDAT EVINCING.
We naderstand that the negotiation which the new
committee of Mrxican bondholders have carried on
with Col. Feel° for the payment of the reinanets, has
now every probability cf beim' brought to a satisfac-
tory coselurion.
The foreign exchanges for this mail present little
variation from Tuesday's rates. Bills were negotiated
on the following terms :
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