The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

GREENWICH.

A TOM ON WIZ &PTV. ILI BY • FEVALL
William Rogers,'• smart active y fellow, giving •
false address, was placed in the dock c with being
found on the premises of Mr. Osmanli, landlord of the Prince
of Orange, Lower Deptford-road, Rotherhithe, and stealing
a velveteen coat his property.
Emma Evans said she was at present stating at the house
of the prosecutor. last night, about lOo'clock,she had oonision
to go upstairs, and on reaching the top lauding the fancied
the beard the noise as of some one moving. She immediately
stretched out her arm, and put her hand on the prisoner's
shoulder. On asking the prisoner his business, he replied
that he had come up the stairs to see the potman. She
at once accused him of having been io the prosecutor's
bedroom, and on Lying hold of him to detain him he told
her not to make • noise, as he was not afraid, and he would
R. down stairs with her. (Laughter.) The prisoner was
afterwards greets into custody, and on being searched the
coat now produced, and which belonged to the prosecutor,
was found open him, concealed under his shirt.
Inspector Moore, in answer to • question of the magis-
Date, said the prisoner was not at present known, but that
the address be gave at the station bad been found to be
false. lie bad, therefore, to ask for a remand, to enable
enoables from other divisions to attend and identify him it
possible.

Thrpri.tooer. who maintained perfect Idleness daring the
examioatioo, wee remanded for a week.

BY SPIRITS or NAPHTHA.—Lent night
Mr. Inchards, deputy coroner, had an inquest touchiog the
d,lth cf Samuel Neal, aged N years. J. Neal, brother of
the dreamed, said that lest Saturday ereniog his brother
returned home to No. 4, North-street, WhitechapeL He
wa. very ill, and he expired the next morning. He was an
s•tittont to a wholesale druggist, and had been addicted to
drink for the last eight years. Dr. Lewellyn said that he
hal made • post mortem examioatiou of the deceased. The
Noes were congested. and the mats of the stomach were in.
timed from drinking spirits of naphtha. The deceased had
esidootly been in the habit of sotisfying his craving for
driok by diluting the spirits of naphtha and spirits of wise.
and drinking them. He bad expired from the effects of
taking so overdose of 'obits of naphtha. A verdict in
3,,,.1111111C0 with the medical evidenoe was rotund by the
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l'Arti A rr.i ne,:r. —Last evening Mr. Richards
Feld an zoluiry at !Alston respecting the death of Frederick
IV.l,hr aged years. l}ecesaed was a labours.. Last
Iroduesdav be and nine others, men and women, were re-
turning in a light tax-cart from Barnet fair. A gentleman's
ehaira ran into them, and the deceased and a boy, named
ILn, is Hill, were thrown out from the cart., and, the horse
runt :ne 11W471. the wheels passed over them. Both were re-
oio,.l to the German Hospital, and Walsh died on Thurs.
d r last. The occurrence took place in the Fumbler-mad.
The joili returned a verdict of "Accidental Death."
e Aril> Scorr.—We understand that the pri-
-1.,,0r., James P. Brice and James Scott, who were eon-
y),ked at the lost Liverpool assizes of the outrageous attack
in% Rowe, and sentenced to lu moatbs' imprisonment
with hard labour, ore now employed as brlckla7eirs' labour.
at K leaded. Gaol, in the erection of a new wing which is
aided to that House of Correction.— Liverpool

Pit.ol4lll.
WZDIRSDAT. 01 Noirntram THITIDDAT
ato W., moderate to CUM. S.S.W. to W.N.W.,
strong, some rain. strong, some rain.
W.N.W. to S.S.F.. Wssams. S. to W. and N.W.,
fresh, squally, rain in strong, a gale In
Places. places, tome rain.
W. N. W, to S.S.W., 80131811.11. S.W. to N. W„ fresh to
fresh, with some strong, rain at times.
rain.
W. to S., fresh, some
rain.

LARUI. As next above.

Narthern=Sootland. Weatern.treland. Wales, and ad-
iseenzles, douthern=Xagtlsh Channel and Bay of Bum. WWl*
salkatward Mita:id and North Si..

VIBFT TO EDINBURGH BY ♦ RUNGAN OFFICIAL.
—Mr. J. Kapoith attache to the Ilth section of the Chao.
cellet.e Particuli.)re of the Emperor of Russia. has been
for several days with Mr. List, chief constable of the county
of Edinburgh, for the purpose of collecting full information
as to the organiation and working of a rural constabulary
force. Lest year a similar visit was paid to this country
by Mr. George de Peretz, sod, on his report being given to
the Emperor, Mr. Kapnist bass been sent by his Majesty
for the purpose at obtaining further information.—
Scotsman.

Tag Asit.ta-rxe WAR.—The following is an ex- 9 g
tract from a letter dated Cape Coast, August 14 :—" The 1
troop ships Wanbojieg and Gladiator arrived here on the
26th of last month, and on the 29th embarked the follow- 8
Mg officer& mid men, vie.:-1 field officer, 2 captains, 7 sub-
alterns, 1 staff essiatent-storgeon, 250 men, including 15 ser-
geant* and 6 drummers, of the let West India Regiment ;
1:13 men, including 6 sergeants and 3 drummers, of the 2nd
West India Regiment; and 1 sergeant of the sth West
India Regiment. The Gladiator towed her about 300 miles
to sea and committed her to the winds, and returned
here on the 7th of this mouth. The nest morning she
embarked 165 men, 3 officers, 1 staff assistant-surgeon of the
4th West India Regiment, with 21 men of the sth West
India Regiment, and steamed off to logo' to relieve the de-
tachment of the 3rd West India Regiment stationed there.
We are now garrisoned with about 430 men, who are in
excellent health, there not being more than 30 on the sick
list, and those are rapidly recovefaig. One officer goes
home this mail on sick leave, and another, who refused to
go in the Wsnbojieg, scoonspaniee him. We have not bad a
drop of rain for more than a month. & tolerably good
harvest is expected. The distilling apparatus is not doing
much ; it is badly situated, and there is no one here to
rectify the mistake made in the first instance."
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT THE RECENT Extet-
TIONS.—Tba Sheffield Independent relates the following
horrible incident at the executioo of the malefactors who
paid the penalty of their crimes at Leeds on Saturday last :
—"A short time previous to the execution attention was
directed to the wound in Myers's throat, and one of the
warders placed a small plaster upon it, lJnfortunately this
was not sufficient. A few days before the execution. Myers '
alluded to the state of his throat, and said that if the exe-
cutioner did not give him another yard' of fall be should
not die, for he could breathe through the wound. He showed
to the person he addressed that he could actually respire
through the wound. The wound was in the middle of the
thin and the rope would necessarily come above it, so
that there was imminent danger of a horrible scene unless
the plus was securely plastered over. The event showed
that proper memo had not been taken to obviate this dan-
ger. The fall did not dislocate his neck, because of his
weight, but it was sufficiently violent to tear open the
wound, and a dreadful scene ensued. After one or two
movements Myers ceased apparently to struggle, and t 1.,•
attention of the executioner was directed to Sargimon, w bp
struggled violently, and seemed to die very hard. But sitar
• minute had elapsed it was seen that Myers was still
alive, and that breathing was going on thrones the
wound in the throat below the rope. The cl,readful
occurrence caused an overpowering feeling of horror, but
after a consultation with the surgeon, steps were taken
which resulted in the eventual fulfilment of the sentence ;
but this was not accomplished until more V.llll twenty
minus r had expired after the drop fell ! Wbether Masi•
bility remained in the body during the whole of that time
it is impossible for us to say. Certain, however, it is that the
culprit breathed for that time, and that the hoarse sound of
the air rushing into the leou was distinctly audible. Moat
fortunate it was that the screen in front of the drop com-
pletely concealed the bodies from the sight of the enormous
crowd. We shudder to think of what the consequences
might have been if the populace had seen what took place
behind the screen." The col reepoodent of the Manehtater
Examiner writes :—" As an extraordinary rumour has
bees circulated by a Sheffield newspaper
to the effect
that Myers did not expire uotil half an hour
after the fatal bolt had been withdrawn, we instituted an
inquiry yesterday with the object of ascertaining how far
, this apparently extravagant rumour was founded on truth.
On appealing to the highest authority on the subject—Mr.
W. Nicholson Price, the urge= to the Leeds County
Gaol—we were informed that there was a slight
' attempt at respiration on the part of Myers at ter
the drop fell, but that it was perfectly evident that
life was at once extinct, Similar phenomena have
been observed in the lower order of animals and birds—
that when the bead has been severed from the body there
lien heeD a convulsive action on the part of the trunk, as
if life was still extent ; whereas—es in the awe of a man
being guillotined—the mama spasmodic action might he
detected. Myers fell heavily, and died immediately ; and
the opening of the wound in his throat also appears to
have been much exaggerated. Mr. Price applied plaster
to the wooed before the man went on the scaffold, and
although there was a slight effusion of blood, that must
I have been caused by the fall and the tension of the rope. As
, to being able to stuff a pocket-handerchief into the gash,
that was perfectly ridiculous."
ENGLISH P. FOREIGN GRAP/G9.—At great COCO-
' polities show at Antwerp the prizes for the best grapes
were awarded to Mr. J. Meredith, of Garstang, Dear
Liverpool.
; Son Tit Kintentorow MtniErtg—During the week
ending Sept. 10, 1864,the visitors have been as follows:--Ou
Mooday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 11,261 ; on Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday, students' days (admission to the public M.),
open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.. 1,159 ; total, 12,420. From
the opening of the Museum, 4,511,456.
MITROPOLITAN Fain HOWITAL, Ihrvotrennta-
NIVABA CWT.—TIN aggregate somber of patients relieved
daring the week ending September 10 wan—Medial, 952 ;
sentieal, 664 ; total, 1,616. of which 617 were new mesa

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CITY or LONDON HOSPITAL POE DISEASES OP
TES CHSIT, VICTOETA-PARIL—Thip number of patients
relieeed at this institution during last week was 881 of
which 191 were new seam.