Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-08-12

lively than it had been for several weeks
previously.
The WAY THEY PUNISH STEAMBOAT
MURDERERs IN ENGLAND.-'The coroner
and the jury who have enquired into the
bursting of the steam boiler Of the Un-
ion steamer, at Hull have rendered the
verdict of manslaughter against the en-
gineer. The coroner and the foreman
of the jury also waited on the Mayor OF
Hull, at the Mansion House when the
coroner addressing the chief magistrate.
said," Sir, we come for the purpose Oh
presenting a requisltion, emanatlng from 1e,
myself as coroner, and the jury. Inc
object of this requsition is to request
you to call public meeting OF the IN
habitants, to take into consideration the
strong necessity of petitioning Parl'a-
ment to protect the public as far as pos
sible, from recurrence of events so aw.
ful. 1t was the opinion of the jury and
my own, that Legislative interference is
loudly called for; for if it be needful to
license pilots, and regulate stag e-coach-
es, it appears to us to be still more ne
cessary to be assured by similar means
of the proper qualification of the par,
ties having the management and control
of so powerful and in this instance so de-
Wasting an engine, and am sure your
consent will not for moment be with
held on a subject SO important" And in
the same excellent spirit, the Mayor ex-
pressed his perfect concurrence in the
object of the requisition, aud appointed
a day for the proposed meeting.
THE RoLLocKING MARQUIs.-The fol-
lowing is from the London Morning
Post, describing the latest exploit OF that
sweet youth, the Marquis of Waterford.
On Thursday, the Marquis of Water
ford, and some Of his friends went to
Windsor, and dined with some Of the Of
fcers, at the foot of the barracks, which
place they left between ten and eleven
o'clock at night. On their way to Cas-
tie Inn, where the carriages had been
left, they committed a number of dis
graceful outrages. In the line Of streets
they passed through, they broke the
knockers off the doors, and not content
with this, they in many instances threw
them through the windows of the hou-
ses from whence they had been taken.
In one instance, where the lady ofa rev.
erend gentleman connected with Eton
college, was lying dangerously i'll In bed,
they broke the knocker off the door, and
threw it in at the window of the room
where she was lying. 1.-THE lady died
few days afterwards. One ofthe con-
stables undertook to secure one OF them
in their retreat, but was quickly attack
ed by his companions, who rescued
the prisoner and, severely maltreated
the constable.
While the attention Of the police was
directed to the Castle Inn, two of the
Marquisses' company went to the col
lege at Eton, and clamered over the
wall into the square. where the statue OF
King Henry the Sixth, the founder of the
college, is placed, which they mutilated
and disligured very much, and wrenched
away the sceptre, and carried it away
with them as a trophy. They then
rejoined the Marquis and their other
companions at the castle Inn, and after a
short time their carriages were ordered,
and they drove out of the town towards
London. The moment the authorities
were made acquaintedwiththe scanda|ous
outrage which hard been commit ted they
issued reward of 25 guineas, to any
person who would give evidence that
would lead to the conviction of the par
ties concerned in it. Shortly after the
reward was offered, the register Of the
college received a parcel, which was
found to contain the sceptre, which had
been taken from the statue. 1t is not
known whether the college authorities
intend to take any further steps in the
matter.