The Express. — London, England, 1864-02-22 00:00:00

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NIGH WATIR AT LONDON BILLDON. 1D35 DAY IterataL .Ahrmosa. P 3 !Sm. To4NOziow !Amiga& 26. 44m Abase" IIL 68m. LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22. THE German regiments which had invaded Jut land by occupying Kolding have been withdrawn, and the military operations of the Allies are again limited by the frontiers of the Duchies. Strictly speaking, the Germans have just as much right to enter Jutland as they had to enter Sleswig. Being at war with Denmark, it is their business to take the most effectual means to compel the enemy to seek a peace of which they would prescribe the terms. By invading Jutland and wheeling round from Kolding the Allies might, as • military con temporary suggests, turn Diippel and Fredericia with the aid of a fleet, and so gain the seashore of the Belt, from which they could obstruct communications, and even threaten Copenhagen. This extensionof the theatre of war would, however, have political disadvantages too great to compen sate for any military facilities which it might afford Marshal WRANGEL. The Austrians and Prussians have declared that the cause of this war arises in Sleswig, and that they only seek to hold that Duchy as a material guarantee for the satisfaction of their demands. As regards Denmark, the wrong clone by the invasion is not one to be greatly affected by the hostile occupation of a few square miles more or less of territory. But in the eyes of the Powers which might have intervened between the belligerents, but have been restrained from doing so by the assurances of Austria and Prussia that it should be limited to the Duchies, the invasion of Jutland would have given the war a new and more dangerous character. They would probably have seen in it, besides the violation of a pledge, an evidence of designs of much wider scope than have hitherto been avowed. For the moment, Jutland is not to be in vaded, but we are told that a number of Austrian men-of-war are to be sent to sea to protect mer chantmen against Danish cruisers. It will be a new thing to see an Austrian naval force operating in Northern latitudes. The Danes are sailors born, while the Austrians have yet to prove their quality at sea. The ships of Denmark are considerably dispersed, while those of Austria and Prussia, which have no colonies, are at hand. Together, the Germans can bring a much greater naval force against Denmark than that which they would have to meet. Neither the Austrian nor Prussian Government has taken an engagement not to use its ships except in the protection of its own porta and commerce, and it is just possible that the concentration of their naval fortes in the neighbourhood of Sleswig may have been ordered with the design of enabling Marshal Wrialvora.'s troops to get possession of the re maining insular portion of Sleswig without attacking Duppel in front. The objection to this theory is that the Austrian fleet is in the Adriatic, and could not reach the scene of action in fortnight And the German Courts, we believe, have good reason to suspect that in the present cue Time is their enemy. Combinations of which they had at one time a wholesome fear, but which they have despised since it was found they could not be carried into effect, every day become more practicable, we will not may more probable. The Danes are at present fighting on with unsurpassed heroism, knowing that they have not a friend in the world upon whom they can count. It would be strange if their gallantry did not make the world their friends. And to the Prussians and Austrians it would be a rude awaking from com placent dreams if, just as they had made a nicely calculated and satisfactory division of the "glory" of the campaign, they were to receive a peremptory summons to evacuate Sleswig. Such things have been, and may be again. RELIEF FUND FOR THE WOUNDED DANE& A number of Danish ladies living in England, with Mademoiselle de Bine at their head, have formed themselves into a Committee for the purpose of raising a Fund for the Relief of the Sick and Wounded soldiers of the Danish army, and also of their widows and orphans. There must be many of our readers to whom this announcement will offer the opportunity which they have been looking for of showing their sympathy with a gallant and kindred nation defending itself heroically against a most unjust attack. We all profess to admire the dauntless courage of the Danes under circumstances which would have cowed many a people into submission. Itwould well become us to take this opportunity of showing that our sympathy is not a mere passing sentiment, but a practical virtue. The treasurer of the Fund is Mr. A. Westenholz, 26, Mark-lane, E.C. The secretaries are Miss Frederica Rowan, 3, Fulham place, Maids-hill, W. ; the Rev. J. Flange, 33, Great Coram•street, Russell-square, W.C. ; and the Rev. James Mansell, 7, York-street, Portman square, W. Contributions will also be received by Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, Loudon, and Mesas. Barnet, Hoare, and Co., London. MiI7LOPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DIVONSIHRE &VAST., QTY.—The aggregate amber of pitieete relieved during the week ending Feb. 20 wee—medical, 1,012 ; cur. &el, G3O; total, 1,642, of which 541 were new cans. bt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Fn. W. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, PriSMI Lamle, Primer &Woe, Prises Leopold. and Primes HA=lobe, left Debora* to-day at 11 o'clock, ant.* at Wisdom Onels at 25 admits, pelt 2 p.m., attended by the Oast= al Oaledou (Lady in Writhed. the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hoe. Harriet Phipps (Maid of Honour), Lieutenant-General the Hon. 0. Grey, Major- Denerel Seymour, Celonel the Boa. 81r 0. B. nine, Dr. Holzman, sad Mr. Buff. Frs. 24 Prinoe Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived yesterday afternoon from Greenwich Park. Sir George Grey also arrived, and had an audience of the Qum. Viscounts.' Jocelyn has eucoeeded the Countess of Cale* don as Lady in Waiting. The Hon. Horatia Stop( ord has arrived as Maid of Honour. Lord Cremorne and Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish are the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Hoban lobe, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trmsury, in Downing-street. The miniskors present were Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of .wley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial. once from the Governor of Canada. Dispatches were sent to the Governors of the North American provinces and Bermuda. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALES AT HASTINGS. ST. LEONARDS-ON-ElEal, Fn. 19. The Prince of Wales hunted yeeterday with the Bexhill barien. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Bon. Mn. Ooke. SUNDAY. The Prime and Primers of Wiles attended Divias service this morning at St. Leonard's Church. The church was crowded notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. The Rev. R. Workman, incumbent minister of the church, preached from Nam :mil. v. 11, " There is sprung up a light for the righteous, ►nd joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted." The Prince of Wales returned with the Prinam from church, and presently afterwards left the Royal Victoria Hotel, scoompanied by Major Teesdale and the Hon. R. Meade, almost unobserved, for an hour's walk on the beach. If the weather prove sufficiently favourable, the Prince of Wales will hunt with t►e East Sussex foxhoanda to mcerow. The meet will take place at Crowbars; Park, the seat of Mr. T. Papillon, about four miles N.W. of St. Leonard's. As at present arranged, their royal highnowee and suite will lean here on Tuesday about noon, for Marlborough House. They will travel by the South-Eastern Railway to the Chasing-ems terminus. Her Royal Highness the Ducheee of Cambridge had a diaper party on Saturday evening at the royal duchess's residence in the Ambassadors' Court, St. James's Palace. The Duchess of Somerset will have a dancing party at the Admiralty on Wednesday next. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary will honour the Countess of Fife with their presence on Wednesday next, to witness the tableaux r ;rants. 4 LA' ' 1N 1. [GINCE. The Countess of Derby will give a aeries of evening pasties altar Essig; at the family mansion, is St. Jamee's-equare. 4 1.1 visavra's wasams.) THE DEMOLITION OF THE DANNZIVIRKE. Viscountess Jocelyn left town for Windsor on Saturday, to enter on ha duties as lady in waiting to the QUIIOII. Lord and Lady Palmerston entertained his Excel lency the French Ambsaeador and a salmi party at dinner on Saturday evening, previous to Lady Palmaeston's usual reoeptiom which was brilliantly attended. It was remarked that both the Austrian and Prussian Ambeasaders were absent. The Queen has presented the Rey. Robert Francis Colvin to the church and parish of St. Leonardo, ia the prmbyters of St. Andrews, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Cooke, resigned. 81X8WIG, F. 21. One hundred sappers have arrived here, and forthwith commenced the racing of the Deane werire. Four hundred labourer are wiaiating in the work of demolition. RESOLUTIONS OF THE WURZBURG CONFERENCE. WITRZBURG, Fla. 22. Dublin had once a considerable trade in ship building, bet, from various causes, it gradually decayed. Considerable local interest is therefore felt in the operations of an extensive shipbuilding firm which has recently com menced operations at the end of the North Wall, and on Wednesday next his excellency will be present at the launch of an iron vessel from their yard—the first built in it—of 2,200 tons borthen. The ground on which the ships, work shops, kc., stand has all been rescued from the se —a work in itself requiring a large outlay of capital and great energy. The Earl of Carlisle will be entertained by the Mears. Bew ley, Walpole, and Webb, along with a large sesemblags of visitors, at a grand dejegmer after the launch. The conference of Ministers held in this city has agreed to the proposition of Saxony that the minor States should be united in their attitude, in the event of the great German powers endeavouring to withdraw forcibly from the Federal Diet the right of disposing of Holstein. It was also resolved not to sanction any conven tion affecting the rights of the duchies, and that the Federal Diet alone has to decide on the succes sion question. The Conference further resolved that more Federal troops should be sent to secure Holstein, and that preparations be made for the mobilisation of the armies of the minor States. GREAT FALL OF SNOW IN FRANCS. PARIS, Fn. 22. EXECUTION OF THE " FLOWERY LAND" PIRATES.-(THIS DAY.) It would be a difficult task adequately to describe the excitement that prevailed this morning in the neighbourhood of Newgate. A good many persons were waiting about the whole of the night, but the crowd was by no means extensive until the near approach of the time fixed for the execution-8 o'clock. At that hour there was an enormous as semblage. The arrangements made by the sheriffs to prevent mischief were, however, of such an ad mirable character, that the execution passed off without any accident. A large number of the City and Metropolitan police were in attendance, and they materially aided in preventing any disorder. 1 The crime for which the wretched men suffered has been so frequently alluded - to, and all the cir cumstances must be so fresh in the recollection of the public, that it will be suffioent to say that the prisoners wares portion of the crew of a merchant vessel called the Mowery Land ; that while on a voyage to Singapore they mutinied, and murdered the captain and five other persona, and when they were near the land they scuttled the ship, and she and the whole of the valuable cargo were totally lost. Telegrams received here announoe that enormous quantities of snow have fallen in the departments of Herault, Ande, Ardeche, Rhone and Drome, and that the railway traffic is interrupted in conse quence. One decidedly Anglo-Saxon institution, the pop lar lecture on matters of literature and science, seems to be taking root in Turin. Lectures of this kind are now given twice a week in the Chemical Theatre of the Lyceum, and the Turineee of both sexes sock in great numbers to hear inch men as If oleschotti Govt, Matteucci, Berti, de Filippi, and Brofferio, discoursing in an easy and familiar style on the topic. upon which their own reputations are founded. The price of admission is lfr. Similar lectures will shortly be opened for the working climes, at the new Temperance Society, which is now beginning to work in PORTUGAL LISBON. Fn. 15. It is stated that Senhor Antonio Jose d'Avila lately elevated to the peerage under the title of Count d'Avila, will be sent to Paris as Minister Plenipotentiary, the Viscount de Paiva being transferred to Madrid ; Senhor &vend, the minister at Madrid, to remain for the present out of office. It is also added that the Duke de Saldanha, at present ambassador at Rome, will be transferred to London. Senhor Carlos Ramiro Continbo has been created Baron de Barcellinhoe. It is said that other nomi nations are about to be made. It has already been stated that the prisoners since their conviction hl',e behaved very well, and have appeared to be penitent. Their names were John Lyons, or Leon, 22, Francisco Blanoo, 23, Ambrosio or Mauricio Duranna, 25, Miguel Lopez, or The Catalan, 22, and Marcus Wetter, 23. The first four mentioned were black men, natives of Manilla, and Natter is a Greek. Since they have been under sentence of death the four first-named pri• Boners have been constantly attended by the Rev. Father Louis, a Roman catholic priest, and Natter by M. Morfinos, a Greek priest. These gentlemen were with the convicts from an early hour this morning, and remained with them until the last moment. All the prisoners were stated to have been exceedingly penitent, and to have admitted their guilt. Natter, in particular, expressed his deep sorrow for the act iu which he was concerned, and he has repeatedly stated to his spiritual adviser that he was very happy to find himself in a Christian country, and that if he had been in Turkey he would have been tortured be fore his death. He has also often said that he has dreamed in the night that he was in Turkey, and has fancied that he was undergoing torture, and that when he awoke he felt happy to find that it was only a dream. He has repeatedly expressed his gratitude for the fair trial he had, and for the kindness he received at the hands of the authorities of the prison. The well-known Hotel de Drouot, at Paris, where all articles of vertu are brought to the hammer, was on Friday crowded with more than " twenty-four fidcUers, all of a row." The great object of attraction was a Strad-- nariss violin placed under a crystal dome, and mid to be on. of the finest instruments of that great maker. The violin belonged originally to an illustrious member of the Medici family ; it then passed into the hands of German and French players, and was known to have been one of the violins which assisted, as the French say, at the quartet. of Haydn, Monet, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. It was cow sold for 5.7431 r.; nearly 2401. The Diario publishes the decree giving the con cession to the Portugal Iron and Coal Company. The execution of five prisoners at one time being altogether an exceptional circumstance at this gaol, it may naturally be imagined that the occurrence caused a great deal of anxiety to the officials, par ticularly as it was known that the culprits were most desperate and determined fellows, and there was no knowing what act of desperation they might be tempted to commit. Every precaution was, how ever, taken. The prisoners have bad no oppor tunity of communicating with each other until this morning, when they were allowed to be toge ther for a short time. They all exhibited some emotion, and each asked the other's pardon for any wrong or injury he might have done him. This was all that occurred, and the prisoners were then taken back to their cells. . . --- - THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Honourable the Speaker gave Ids second parliamentary full dress dinner, on the evening of Saturday last, February 20, to the fol• lowing noblemen and gentlemen :—Mr. Dung, Lord Henry Llano:, Lord John Manners, Lord Stanley, Lord Naas, Lord Newport, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Frederick Lygos, Mr. Gerard Noel, Sir John Paltin, Mr. Spencer Walpole , Mr. J. W. He n l e y, Mr. SOleron.Faiteourt, General Peel , Mr. Adderlyr, Mr. J. R. Mowbray, Sir E. &awe Lyttoo, Bart., Sir William Jolliffe, Bag, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Sir Hugh Cairns, Colon e l D unne , M r. SOT motif Fitzgerald, Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. George, Colonel Taylor, Mr. W. Knight, Mr. G a th orne Hardy, Mr. D. Mare, Mr. Blackburne, Rev. Charles Swivel/ M.A., chaplain, sad Mr. Alfred Denison, private secretary. " 1 Vito SHOT THE CAMEL ("—One of the party had been unfortunate enough to shoot a cow in mistake for a lion—a crime which I can now understand, as I woe very near becoming an accessory to a repetition of it a short time afterwards; and an allusion to that accident led to the query, "Who shot the camel r This, it appeared, refer. red to a mishap of recent occurrence. The bunter in ques tion had been applied to by some Arabs to rid them of • lion in their neighbourhood that was becoming rather trouble. some. lie was sitting in the tent of the sheikh over the evezing kooskous when en Arab rushed in with the Dews that be had just seen the lion lying under a tree not far off. Of course he immediately repaired to the spot. and. ap proaching stealthily, perceived a bugs tawny animal, with • massive hairy head. There could be no doubt about it. There he was indolently lounging, getting up his appetite, and debating in his own mind whether he s h ou ld hare a cow or only • sheep, and • goat to follow. His flank, toe, was temptingly exposed ; so oar chastiser, crawling nearer, deftly planted a ball in the proper spot, jest behind the shoulder. A hideous bellow answered the shot, and a fine camel struggled out into the moonlight, and presently died in uncouth CODTUWOUL The bred and peck bad been cot. coaled by the trunk of the tree, and it was the hump, with its fringe of shaggy hair, that had repremoted the head and mean of the line. To complete the tragedy, the murdered beast proved to be the property of the Arab who had given the information. —Freser's Afaciii.-siic for February, The Sheriffs, Messrs. Nissen and Cave, and the under-sheri ff s, Messrs. Nicholson and Gammon, arrived at the prison about half-past 7 o'clock. In consequence of the crowd in the Old Bailey, • pri vate entrance to the court-house was made, by the permission of the authorities of St Paul's Cathe dral, in Paternoster-row. Shortly before 8 o'clock the Sheriffs and their deputies, accompanied by Mr. Jonas, the governor' of the prison ; Mr. Humphreys, the chief warder ; 1 and other officials, proceeded to the corridor in which the prisoners were confined. They were all confined separately, and each was brought out of his cell alone to be pinioned. Matter was the first who was brought out. He did not betray the slightest emotion, but held up his arms in the most convenient form for the executioner to pinion him, and he smiled while that ceremony was being performed. He then wished to speak to Thomas, one of the warders, who had been in charge of him, and he expressed a desire to kiss him, but on being informed that this was contrary to English custom be desisted, and shook him cor dially by the hand. This prisoner was then taken back to his cell. The next prisoner that was brought out to be pinioned was Loper- Before he was pinioned he was asked if he had anything to say, and he replied, " No." When the handkerchief was taken from his neck he laid hold of it, and on being asked what he wished done with it, he re quested that it might be put into his pocket, and this was done. The third prisoner was Duranna, and he also submitted to the ceremon)• of pinioning without making any observation. Hs bad a small crucifix attached to his neck by a chain, and be took it into his band, and wished it might be allowed to remain there. Francisco Blanco was the fourth prisoner. He did not make any remark while he was being pinioned. The fifth and last prisoner was John Lyons. He had been suffering from rheumatism, but he has very much improved in health since he has been in prison. After he had been pinioned, the same question was put to him that had been put to the others, whether he wished to say anything ; and he replied that it was true he had been guilty of what he was charged with, but he did not think he had done enough to lose his own life. These were the only words uttered by any of the prisoners; and after the pinioning had been completed, they remained in their cells until close to the fatal hour. Each of the culprits was then taken to a corridor adjoining the scaffold, where they were seated upon a bench. Blanco, who was considered the strongest man among them, and to be possessed of the moat muscular power, was the first placed upon the scaf fold ; but when the rope had been placed round his neck, his powers seemed suddenly to give way, and it was found necessary to place a stool for him to sit upon until the drop fell. Wet ter was the next, then Duranna, and the two prisoners last to mount the scaffold were Lopez and Lyons. It was a trying moment for these two wretched men to see their companions in guilt removed from' them in this manner, and the fortitude of Lopez, who had at first exhibited some slight symptoms of bravado, seemed to leave him entirely. He first asked for water and then for brandy, and a small portion of the latter was given to him, which he drank eagerly, and this appeared to revive bim to some extent. Lyons also said he should like a little brandy, and about half a wine glass full was given to him, which he gulped down. By this time the other culprits had been placed in their position upon the scaffold, and Lopez was taken away from Lyons, who was now left alone. He gazed vacantly at the bench from whence his companions had been ' removed, and in a few seconds he was called upon to take his place upon the scaffold. It is needless to say that the moment the cul prits made their appearance they were greeted with • volley of discordant yells, but the uproar was not nearly so great as might have been anticipated. The preparations were very quickly completed after the noose had been placed round the neck of the last culprit, and the drop fell almost imme diately. Although the scaffold had undergone con siderable alteration, the apparatus appeared to work exceedingly well, and all the culprit., except Lopez, who struggled for a few seconds, appeared to be dead almost immediately. The bodice, after banging the usual time (one hour), were cut down and placed in shells, and Mr. Gibson, the surgeon of the prison, made the formal notification to the sheriffs that the sentence of THE EXPREBB,, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1864. death had been carried out. They will be buried in the course of the day within the prison. THE SCENE OUTSIDE THE GAOL A. early as 12 o'clock last night large crowds of people bed assembled at the Newgatestreet end of the Old Bailey, intent on securing a good position for the speared* and every hour largely added to their number, until by 6 o'clock this morning the whole etreet, from end to end, wan filled, or rather packed, with a dense and miscellaneous crowd, amongst whom ware observable several thousand sailors, many being accompanied by " unfortunates " belonging to Ratcliffshithway and neighbourhood. These for the most part had arrived early, and formed a dense throng around and in front of the scaffold, which wee brought oat and placed in position about 3 o'clock in the morn ing, amidst the yelling, and hooting, of the crowd. Itimant madam of coifs,, routed chonnhis baked potatoes, peppermint drops, and veravians plied • roaring trade, and their cries, mingling with the hooting' and shoats of the mob, had something terrible in the darkness of the night. By 5 o'clock the " parties " which had bean made up to witness the execution from the windows and roofs of the houses opposite the pal, and for which enormous prices were charged, varying from 5 to 20 guineas, began to arrive and take up their potations, and some ribald chaffing commenced between the coon pants of those windows and the roughs in the crowd below. AA daylight dawned the crowds became, if pomible, more douse than before, and every thoroughfare leading to the place of execution was thronged with people. A great many men connected with the London City Minion and other religious bodies now appeared, and began the delivery of tracts, extempore prayers, and hymns, &c., which for the most part were received with shouts of derision by the mob ; but undeterred, the missionaries persevered in their work. The pickpockets mustered in strong force, and as there was a much larger proportion than usual of decent and well-dreamed persons in the crowd, appeared to be driving a profitable trade. At 6 o'clock 490 men of the City polio", 100 of which body had already taken op a posi tion round the scaffold, were marched to the Old Bailey, and placed in charge of the various barriers and at other paints where the pressure of the crowd was likely to be se vere. The outskirts of the courts and the streets adjacent were ►ttended to by • strong body of the Metropolitan police, and the mounted patrols belonging to the P and S divisions, whose services had been sought by the City authorities, sod not without oemeion, as events proved. At 7 o'clock the Old Bailey had become filled to re pletion, and Ludgate-hill, Newpte-street, Snow-hill, and 011tepuretrest--indeed, every point where the slightest glimpse of the scaffold could be obtained, was also blocked up with people, and the traffic was entirely suspended from that hour until 9 o'clock. The windows of the hones in the Old Bailey, as also the roofs, became crowded, and all eyes were eagerly strained towards the scaffold. Cslcraft was now making his preparations on the scaffold, which was fringed with black cloth sufficiently high to screen the bodies of the men when they were sus pended. The hoarse murmur of the crowd was heard at some distance, and had an effect at once solemn and ter rible. As the clock of St. Sepulchre struck 8, the excite ment in the immense mass of people beanie intense ; for a moment or two a stillness prevailed, broken at last by the cry of " Hats of!" The prison officials hue made their appearance, and were immediately followed by one of the condemned men, who ran up on the scaffold with a light 'springy step. He was followed in succession by his four comrades, the last, Lyons, having to be carried to the scaffold on • chair, while sitting on which the rope was ad justed round his neck. Either from extreme debility or faintness he twice swayed off the chair while the clergyman was fulfilling his last duties. The drop fell amidst an appalling shout from the thousands upon thousands of people present. Owing to the arrangements made by the authorities, and the 'somber of police, there was no serious accident, louse of shoes, hate, shawls, kc., being amongst the principal curnaltisi. There was an immense number of females present. It was nearly 10 o'clock before the streets became sufficiently clear to allow of traffic being resumed. Now the London Goffes Roue, Ludgate-hill, a singular incident was noted. Four young men were walking to and fro, provided with hymn-books, from which they sung cer tain passages. In the same locality • speculation was remarked which will doubtless prove remunerative to the publisher who suggested the idea. A number of boys were stationed in the roadway, armed with a public*. tioa printed in yellow covers, and giving vent with their stentorian lungs to " ' Tame of the Pirates ; or, the Adven tures at Sea,' only a penny." The inference drawn from this announcement was • relationship with the murderer; but the publication was found to be nothing more than the commencement of an old tale " to be continued." The respite of the two culprits, Marchelino Sento. Croix, which is the prisoner'. real name, and Baailio de los Santos, is, it appears, chiefly to be attributed to the exertions of Mr. Beard, the solicitor, who defended the on their trial, and the Spanish consul, who have C: ps unremitting e in their endeaveurs to urge upon Sir G. Grey the favourable poiots in their case, The memorial that was transmitted to the Home-office, and which was signed by the prisoners, by their attorney, and by the Spanish consul, and a small portion of the jury, the remainder of that body declining to do so upon the ground that they considered those prancers quite as guilty as their com panions, est forth in the first place that all the evidence, and also the statements of the other culprits, negatived the fact of them two prisoners being meant when the captain or any of the unhappy renews oa board the Flowery Land lost their lives. Another ground was that the only piece of evidence that in any way implicated Marchelino was his own admission that he had struck the ciarpeuter Andaman when he was attempting to assist the chief mate, and the memorial referred to various point. in the evidence, which it was urged confirmed the view taken by the legal adviser of the prisoners, thatneither Ilarchelinonor Los Santa had any thing to do with the murder. The memorial was under consideration at the Home-office for more than a week, and it was not until Friday, when the arrangements had been completed for the execution of the whole of the culprits, that a deoisioa was arrived at that the lives of these two might be spared, and a communication to that effect was mat from the Home-office t. Mr. Beard, and Mr. Jon.. the Governor of Newgate. The respite did not arrive at the pram until the after part of the day, and as !Wardle* and Los Santos understand very little of Eagbab, it was with some difficulty they were made aware of the fact that their lives would be spared. At length, however, they ap peared to know the purport of the communication that was made to them, and they seemed to be deeply grateful, as there was no doubt that they bad fully anticipated that the sentence would be carried out. This was the impression of the authorities 'counseled with the prison, as, although these two prisoners possibly were not present when the murder of the captain was actually committed, there was very little doubt that they were privy to the act, and that they concurred in all that took place afterwards. Although the capital sentries has been commuted, the punish ment they will have, no doubt, to undergo will be that of penal servitude for life. The circumstances eon. ' nected with the crime itself, and the fact of so many murderers being executed at one time, which is almost unprecedented within the knowledge of the present generation, appear to have created considerable excitement in the public mind, and such has I been the morbid desire of marry persons, some of whom are in a superior station of late, to witness the execution that ' the sum of 75 guineas was adored for the use of • room in said the houses opposite the prison to witness the erect'. tins, and 10 guineas were offered sad refused for the use of one window at another house near the same spot. A curious application was also made to one of the visiting justices of Newpite, an alderman of the City of London, by one of the Foreign Ministers, for permission for • puttee= to be I I allowed to sleep in Newgate the tight previous to the execu tion, and to be present at the ceremony. It appeared that this gentleman entertained opinions opposed to capital punishment, and be desired to witness the whole of the proceedicp upon such an extraordinary occasion. The alderman to whom the application was made returned • positive refusal to the application, stating, that while the law remained in its present state it must be carried out by those who had the administration of it, sad that it was considered more humane that the wretched men, who had by their crimes forfeited their lives, should have the sentence executed upon them as quietly as possible, and that they should Lot be made a spectacle during their last moments. The Liverpool Shakespeare Tercentenary Commit tee have failed to get up a decent celebration programme. The Mayor, Mr. Charles Mosley, has resolved to give a Sbakesperian (racy dress ball at the Town-hall on the even iag of the 21st April, and throw open the theatres on the night following. A W 6LL-FINQUENT ED ROAD. —This is not a matter of unimportance to the pedestrian who may take the road I went over, through Strathmore to Erib&l. An Englishman who had walked on it for a whole day without meeting with a fellow-traveller, remarked to a man whom he found at last breaking stones by the wayside, " This memo a very untregoretra errantry, my friend." "Oh, it's SA MD unfrequented," replied the uadatuated Highlander. " Ten was • pit psdlsr pody came by to day before yester day, and tire's yeomen to-day." The routs is solitary, pic turesque, and sublime in the highest degreet—Bkickwoud's Maia:one for February. (NTT or LONDON HOSPITAL rot DUMAS'S or Tea CBOT, VICTOIZA P AILIL—Th• number of patinae re- Ileved at this institution daring last week was 1,163, of which 133 were Dew mass. THE POOA.LA W GUARDIANS AND THE CASUAL POOR OP rim METROPOLIS. From a parliamentary return issued this morn ing, it appears that the Poor-law Board in December last I forwarded a minute to the boards of guardians of the metro- politen unions and parishes, referring to the inadequate and Raquel accommodation provided in the several metro- politan workhouses for destitute vagrantesod wayfarers. " It is a fundamental principle of the poor-law," mays the mien* "that every destitute person, without reference to the question of settlement or residence, is primarily entitled to relief where he is actually destitute, and it is the duty of the guardians to see that all necessary aed reasonable arrangements are made for affording to every such person the requisite relief, whether in food, clothing, medical at tendance, or lodging. Ts meet these requirements, the parochial authorities are empowered to raise all necessary sums by local taxation. With respect to the vagrant and houseleas poor, it is obvious that the kind of relief required, in the night at least, is not so much food and clothing u lodging. In every union, or parish not comprised in a union, there should be, either in the workhouse or elsewhere, proper and sufficient wards, according to the moxial circumstances of the locality, for destitute wayfarers and wanderers, sad means., such aa the law contemplates and the Poor-law board have frequently suggested should be provided, with the view of testing the real condition of each applicant. In unions and parishes where the existing wards and work. house accommodation may be insufficient, the board con sider that it is the duty of the guardians to make such further arrangements, whether permanent or temporary, as will erasure for every wanderer and wayfarer actually destitute, and applying there for food and shelter, sof& (*ant protection and relief for the night." The minute then proceeds to state as follows the gale ral duties of those union officers who are responsible for the actual administration of relief :—" The master of a workhouse, or io ease of his abeam or inability to act, the matron is required to admit every applicant who may ap pear to him or her to require relief through any sudden or urgent necessity, although such applicant his not obtained an order of admission either from the guardians, relieving officer, or overseer. If the master and matron should be both shunt from the workhouse, or incapable of perform ing their duties at the same time, it is the ditty of the porter to admit, and place in the receiving ward, any person who may apply at the workhouse for relief under simi lar circumstances. The board have decided that the muter of a workhouse within the meeropo litan district may properly admit., under the shove regula tions, any person who may be brought there by a pollee constable, and described as having been found abroad in a state of destitution, the presumption being that the appli. cant has been guilty of so offence that would authorise his detention in custody. It is the duty of the relieving officer, also, in every cue of sudden or urgent necessity, to relieve every destitute applicant, either by offering admission to the workhouse, or providing, so far as practicable, all sack' necessaries as may be actually requisite, without reference to the time of application, or to the plea where the pauper has last slept. The board are desirous of impressing upon bawds of guardians the importance of givieg special directions to the master and matron of the workhouse, and also the porter, that, whomever the work. house or vagrant wards are full, they should be extremely careful to inform all applicant& for admission of the'residence of the relieving officer, in order that the requisite relief may be supplied by him. Printed tickets, with the name and residence of the relieving officer, should be provided and delivered in such cases by the master, matron, or porter, to every applicant. If the applications are likely to be very numerous, and to interfere with the ordinary duties of the relieving officer, or to require much attention from him in the night, an assistant relieving officer should be appointed to attend to these cases exclusively." Last month a letter was addressed by the secretary of the Poor-law Board to the guardians, informing them that the Commissioners of the Metropolitan police will be glad to make arraugemente to render the services of the police form available for aiding the union and parochial authorities in supplying immediate relief to the destitute houseless poor in the metropolis should the guardian, feel disposed to adopt this system of administering casual relief. The president considers it very important at the present time that the guardians should give this subject their immediate con sideration, and if requisite, make sneh arrangements as will secure the valuable service of the police force in the per formance of the duties of assistant relieving officers. DISC H ARC ED CO?iTICER. —A return issued this morning shows that the number of male convicts discharged from English convict prisons from 1856 to 1862 inclusive, was 13,957. of which number 7.428 were discharged on license. During the same years 432 licenses were revoked, and 2,931 persons were reeonvicted, being at the rate of 24.3 per cent. In Ireland during the same period 3,757 convicts were discharged, 1,388 being on license. The num ber of convicts recommitted in Ireland during the same years was only 417, and but 81 licensee were revoked. The per onstage in Ireland of recommitt►ls on discharges is only 11.09 per cent. 104 TRAM OLD. —The Boston (11.5.) Transcript publishes a sketch of Desooo John Phillips, of Sturbridge, Mass., who is now in his 104th year. This veoerable maa was born in Massachusetts whoa George IL was King of Great Britain. He was drafted in 1776, and served io the early part of the American revolotiou, and bar a distinct recollection of the battle of Bunker Hill. which took place whim he was 15 ran old. He has lived all his life on mos farm, stoat one table, and during a space of 90 years has Dot had ► movers sickness. _ --- Ram—A f a mil y of Rocky Mountain rats recently carried off, and secreted them among th e roc k s , 640114• of oodles from a mining tunnel at Gregory Pont. —Orefsm P‘Zrer• Gain VORTHIELN HOAPTTAL, CALZDONILN-ROAD. —Number of plaints for the week ..ding Feb. 20, 811, of whin 251 wen new oases. WRECK OP THE BLACK BALL LINE OP PACKS? SHIP GOLDBN AO t it OPP DUNOBNESS.-SSTL MATED LOSS OP E 700,000. We reported briefly in our impression of Saturday the wreck of the Golden Ago off Dungeness on the previous day. It appears that during a heavy snow storm on Friday morning this well-known ship, Captain Park, oa her home. ward voyage from Madras to London, with a cargo on board valued at 200,0001., wee driven ashore in the Channel, fia t Dungeness, where she filled, and is expected to become a taw wreck. The Golden Age was formerly an Amer can ship, whence she wee bought into the service of Messrs. Beings and Co., the owners of the Black Ball fleet. Owing to the valuable cargo which she shipped at Madras, her arrival in the Channel hed,been anxiously looked for, and the first th►t was heard of her being off the coast was on Thursday. A foreign gall of put into Dover in the oourse of that day is a damaged state, and reported that she had been to into by a large ship called the Golden Age, off the North Ferelaod, the vessel being in tow of a tug. The next that was heard of her was her being seen on Friday morning off Dungeness by the coast guard. How she got back so far has not been clearly reported, but it is thought that the tog might not have had sufficient power to keep the ship in tow against the driving wind and snow, sod she drifted down Channel and went sabots on the Roar Beak opposite Ns. 2 Battery, near Dungenees. When first discovered she had the main and moon masts cut away. A heavy sea was breaking over the ship, ant it was observed that many on board, crew and passenger, were in a most; critical position. The Dungeness lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat frestitution, immediately put off to the serene of those who were on board. A high ma was rolling in ever the beach, and it was with difficulty that the boat could be got through the surf. The boat, however, was at length fairly launched, and the men in the moot courageous manner succeeded in ,reaching the stranded ship and taking off the Trinity-house pilot, the captain, some puungers, and several of the crew—in all amounting to 22. Previous to the life-boat reaching the Teasel a pilot cutter, called the Queen, had managed to get aloopide the ship and rescued three of the passengers and some of the crew, who were landed in the course of the day at New Romney. When the crew abandoned her the ship was about a quarter of a mile from the chore, and the next tide filled her with water. A heavy gale has been pre veiling ever since from the N.N.E., with a tremendous surf breaking in on the shore, and it is feared that the ship will go to pieces. The cargo, as before stated, was moat valuable, and comprised cotton, silk, indigo, and other Feist Indian produce, and was insured at Lloyd's and the different insurance companies for 200,0001. INFANTICIDE ET A MOTHER. VERDICT OF WILFUL YURDER.—(THIS DAY.) This morning an inquiry was held before Dr. Lankeeter, at the Duke of York, on the body of a male child which wee found concealed in a cesspool, at the back of Mr. Lavey's residence, 341, City-road. It appeared from the evidence of • constable of the N diva" landlady of the house, smiths medial man who was called in os the discovery of the body, that on the 29th of the previous mouth • female arrant employed by Mrs. Levey was taken ill, and from appearances it was suspected that she had been delivered of a child. Dr. Powell was called in, and, after examination, certified to that effect, when • rotatable was sent for and • search instituted for the discovery of the child. After some considerable time the officer proved eaccessfal in his search, having found the body of a male child, which had been thrust down • ceu pool and covered with the soil. On being wished and examined a ligature was found fastened tightly round the throat, it was then handed to the doctor in order that be might make • post mortem exami nation, and the mother was placed under the surveillance of tr isolice. This morning Selina Kent appeared with Mr. her solicitor, to answer any charge which might be brought against her. The principal evidence against the woman was that of Dr. Powell, who stated that although the brain and the lungs were congested, both cavities of the heart were emptied of blood; such a crrcumathnce was most un. usual in cases of suffocation cud although he (Dv. Powell) had seen and heard of such cases, they proved a very pecu liar exceptions. The coroner said that in nine awl oat of ten of suffocation instead of both cavities of the heart being empty of blood, the right cavity was invariably full. Having drawn the attention of the jury to the principal point, of the evidence adduced, the room was cUared of strangers, and after about half an hour's deliberation a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against Selina Kent, and she was committed for trial on the coroner's SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR KIDDERMINSTER. On Saturday night an accident occurred about two miles from her., at a place called Charlton, by which the wringers of the express due at 10 p.m. had a narrow escape of their lives. The engine of the goods train from the Severn Valley line broke down close to Goodness Gate and remained stationary. The guard went back soma distant*, and, as he states, laid foisignals ; but the express coming along at a rapid rate unfortunately ran into the goods. The engine cut through six or seven trucks, and then tumbled over on its side on to the other rails, completely blocking up both lines. The engine driver, a rasa named Reeves, jumped off and fell down the embank moot, receiving some redone injuries. The guard, however, T. Penner. of Groat Wolverhampton-street, Wolverhampton, was meet seriously injured on the head and chest, and was taken to a farmhouse at Amato°, herd by. The stoker stook to his engine, and strange to say escaped on. hurt. Of the pawngsn of the express several were hurt, but at serious y. Ira Varnold was cut on the forehead, • collier from Brier* Hill received some injuries to hie knew sad a gentlemaa whom name has not reached us received • eat as the eye. It is indeed a fortunate circumstance that the engine broke its couplings and coo sequently left the carriages behind, when it rushed into the trues. Although the guard went back to warn the express, he was not seen by the driver or fireman, and these men say that no fag signals were laid on the rails. The break down was caused Ly one of the valve spindles giving way, which brought the goods train to a stand. still. immediate information was carried to Kidder minster by Mr. Treeere, who went to Mr. Gifford with the news, and Bents. Jotham, Hillman, Macdonald, and Cowen, unman, immediately started to the scene of the accident, and rendered all the lalli/i4DOD in their power. We are further informed that the train proceeding at the rate of nearly forty miles an hour, and was the driver bad but about thirty yards in which to make up his mind what to do. He shut off the steam, re versed the engine, and saying "Jump Jack, I am going,* disappeared down the embanimeur. The line was not cleared till 11 o'clock yesterday. News of the accident being immediately telegraphed to Worcester and Dudley, Mr. Roberts at owe went to Kidderminster, and the pas. angers were taken on by the Birmingham train, which wee then at the station of that place. DESTRUCTION BY PIM OP THE LATE LORD MOSTYN'S SEAT. A fire occurred at Pengwern (one of the most delightful of Cambrian retreat., surrounded by fine woods and meadow lands), on Fader night, by which the family mansion of the late Right Hoe. Lord Moetyn, and the meat residence of the Has. T. P. Lloyd and the Misses Lloyd, was totally destroyed by tiro. Since the time when Enamel Hall (which adjoins Pengwern, and which was formerly the abode of Lord Dinorben) met, some yaws ago, with a similar fate, no event has caused such general excitement throughout the Vale of Clwyd. The lire was discovered in the early part of the evening, and from that time until a late boar as night every attempt was made by the neighbours (as well as by many of the inhabi• tants of Rhyl, St. Aleph, and Rhuddlan) to suppress the flames, but all to no avail. Amongst the most pro minent of those who rendered efficient services was Mr. Robert Vaughan Williams (the recently-appointed Judge of the North Wales County Court Circuit), who, although resident some twomilas away was one of the first to arrive. and whose tact and discipline in marshalling the troops of labourers who masted him are worthy of all Praise. We might alsomeation the mussel many Aber' who to their zealous attempts to extinguish Mediums were insen sible to the danger in which they were plead by the fall of burning beams and suffocating smoke. Noce, however, were more active and indefatigable than Mr. Rees Davies (acting superintendent of the Plintahire constebulary), who was formerly for many years a member of the Liverpool fire brigade, and whole experience and firm demeanour were invaluable. Fortunately, through the timely arrival of engines from Bodrhyddan. sod Bodelwyddan, and the good supply of water, most of the furniture was saved. At present it is impossible to maculate the lOU sustained by the noble proprietor ; but when it is flown that in addition to costly ornaments and fanny paintings (including some of the choicest productions of the Dutch, Italian, and English schools), most, if not all of the rare and valuable library of Welsh records and mann wept. known as the " Meaty,' Collection," have been seriously damaged, some estimate msy be formed of the consequences of the firs. The literati of Wales have drawn deeply from the fount of anti quated lore in relation to the customs and institutions of the ancient Cyrary contained in these documents, and wdl hear with sorrow of their loss. It was a sad sight at mid night to look upon the black ruins of what but a few hours before wan a stately hall, and which for many years has been noted as the abode of the most generous and hospitable family in Wales...-Liserpool Mercury. Patel OF BaZAD. —The prices of wheaten bread I. the metropolis are from 6ad. to Td.; of household ditto. 6hd. to 6d. Some bakers are se ll */ from 4W. to per 4fh. loaf, welshed oa delivery. r.• • Jammu/a sitting, • ,c 135,0001 This vs Ur. On ifew A II sa d Pry @plod U shown On Mr. 1862, ►od po wassiot ti es . At .peci►l re Cltims went tool LV lil The Fi the count tensieoe4 Judge as Mr. Aldr Woolsey, Mr. Marti The cal mitted fo miademem Neither imperfect The A, to the nal QAa loi 170 N. 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