The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-21 00:00:00

IN RE W. R. DOD.

The bankrupt had carried Con two businesear, those of
licensed victualler and auctioneer— one in Furilgdon-road,
the other in Great James-street. The acconcts prerared
by Mr. Smart show debts of 1,70GL ; property held as
security, 6604 There were two or three oppositions, but
it wee agreed, without going into the cue, to take an ad-
journment for additional accounts.

111 RE 1. W. FREEMAN.
The bankrupt was an attorney at Wimborne Minster.
Debts.. 8521; assets, about 58/. At the last sitting, the
bankrupt had been ordered to Ale a cash account, but had
not done so.

oicii;application of Mr. Collins, for the bankrupt, an
adjournment was ordered.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROL GH-STILEET.

NIE 311%,TERIOUS DEATH PROM ALLEGYD
VIuLENCE IN GHEEN•PAIS.

LNQUEST.— (THIS DAY.)
At noon, to-ilay,. the deputy-ooroner for the city
estminster (Mr. Ingham) resumed at the Westminster
stital the inquiry respecting the death of George King,
his life through violence inflicted on him.
vt. Edward Draper, solicitor, appeared for the family of
1., die:eased.
e &ceased was a gas inspector in the employ of the
-Urea ;as Coorrany, and the circumstances attending
.th were of such a mysterious and suspicions chario-
t,,. tit the inquest was adjourned front last Friday
t,-ti.tv in order to see whether the palatine-
• ef the facts, so far as known, might not
.1 to the discovery of further evidence. It appeared
• I o'clock on Friday, the 30th Sept., the deceased
.• from a friend to walk across the Green-park, on his
! He was sober, but complained that be felt
• front the effects of the gas In half-an-hour
; was found by a policeman lying on the gnus
,ti., park near Stafford Howe. He got up, but
, ~,:Iv, and seemed to be dying. He was
t. r, f -e e,trried to St. George's Hospital, where the
. ~...idered him to be insensible from drink, and upon
.re‘oinr a little he was taken away to the polioe.otation
• tcred ur, as he could not give hie address. The neat
hr wax hailed out, and taken by hie friends—one
ass remarked,' 'There has been foul pkt hare—to Wes-
t. 110-:,ital.where he was examined,Droadfulbruises,
• .ectiv from kicks and blows, were found on hi, head,
f arms. abdomen, small of the back and chest,
st • the shin Lad been knocked or kicked from his legs
5. 11:s skull was dreadfully fractured and a sinus
i Loll,l'n rest Lured. He died on the following Wednesday.
inesrlic.tble part of the cue, however, was,
thAt 5110 s--.r.:eons of St. George's Hospital stated
th t! injuries on the deceased's head or hands. '
.!;-t not examine his body when he was brought in by
r .e. witness named Holland, however, mid that
. t... I sl.e bruise on the head, and it was stated that
•‘, vers dark in the hospital. The surgeons of that
.• t :iii4;ested that the injuries might have been 5e1f-
...1 by falls over furniture, be., at the police-
.- This the police dealt I, and it, indeed,
• t:y seemed possible ; but the inspector went
-Per, and said that the deceased appeared to have no
-.es when he was bailed out on Saturday morning.
K iag's evidence disposed of this suggestion, for she
the police at the moment, " You have murdered my
-..`and while he was in your hawk." _

e Coroner, upon taking his seat, said that he proposed
• • the jury should visit the police station, in King.strest,
tl kmentatrees, in a cell of which the deceased man was
n,J, in order that they might be enabled to arrive at
eoncluvion as to the possibility of the injuries of which
ed having been received there.

.lury acTioiesced in this suggestion, sad proceeded to
- ~e,l the cell in question. It was • small room 10ft. by
•
. with a fixed bench 2ft, in width running round two
, . it in such a manner as to render the space of the
available for walking or falling violently upon very
,:rascribed indeed. All the edges of the benches were
nedotf. There was hardly an angle in the cell upon
• ch a person could fall so as to hurt himself. The
r was asphalted and covered thickly with sawdust. It
• remarked by • juror that if a man desired to commit
by dashing himself about in such • cell, be could
• ros.ibly accomplish his design.
Mt. John Matthews, woollen draper, was then called. He
• I that on the 30th September he was going acme the
.•!-, n-ra•k, between 4 and ri o'clock in the afternoon.
'l.•-o just past the gate near Stafford House he saw a man
r• the ;;ravel p►th endeavouring to rise. Witness did not
+etve at the moment whether anyone was near but •
• al gathered directly afterwards. In endeavouring to
tl•e man fell back again on his side. He seemed
t strike his forehead against the ground. He rose
staggered back and fell on the back of his head.
•• a most fearful fall, and be lay as if dead. Witness ran
7.r..r1 and lifted him up, and sent a boy for assistance.
r,•liccman came, and the deceased was lifted
ca to the grass wholly senseless. A gentleman
his breath, and said be had not been drink-
. lie had not staggered like a drunken man.
::.e a person giddy, or in a fit, Witness observed that
was a oruise on the forehead, and an injury to the
I ,f the head. Witness would not be surprised to hear
ti t the dreadful fall had fractured deceased. skull—he fell
s :t treat weight, like one dead—as completely powerless,
II- J 1 not fall against the railings. The railings were •
rd away from him. He might have fallen against them
I .'.sre witnees saw him.

orooer—llo you know the entrance to the park from
oddly ? Ate there not stone steps there?
Wltcess said there were several steps, but he could not
La. how m►ny.

G‘r.ner— How did you become aware of the ultimate
anth of the malt

W.t• read the amount in the newspapers, and seeing
your reritrke stating that the case was one of great mys-
t,,r. at I that it was desirable that all who knew anything
%but the matter should come forward, I attended here
trdac toiqutarilr.

By the J ury—l saw the man carried away to the hospital
in a cal, A gentleman, not a r oliosman, ordered the cab.
A juror saki that an inspector of police maid that the cab
way srt: t. r by Ltm..

(It tarod ..Alt (.1) inquiry that the inspector in question
was in private clothes at the time.)
Ey Mr. Draper—The noise of the fall was a dull heavy
one. There ear CO sound of crashing, &c. I 111 W no sentry
near the spot or in the crowd.
Thomas Chambru. waiter at the Argyll Rooms, Windmill-
strett, said that he knew the deceased by sight for one or
two past. On tLe day of the cam ream) witness saw
I.to in and asked him to get a dry meter
h.r a 'lin), he (witoeu) was about to open. Deceased then
sect into the dioinprooms in the same street for his in.
st(..tor. Winless then had three or four minutes' converse.
t with him. Re was sober then, as he always was. The
walked away towards Piccadilly, in company with
a person named Casten. The Green-perk was about three-
..tatters of a mile distant.

.:her witnesses described the injuries which were ohaerra.
on tile deceased at the police station. One of them said
g,s had At times a stupefying effect. Some years ago
•:t ss so overpowered that he became unconsciousond
p•iired rushed out hit, the garden, and staggered and
WAS some time before be was brought round. It
riA.,.e bin, entirely stupid and foolisb.
',lle inquest was proceeding when our report 101.1

.11ETROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS.
(7111 S DAY.)

T weekly meeting of the Metropolitan
,r.l (f Wetlot FRS held this day, at their Oftices, Spring-
Mr. JoRN TEIwAITZ3 in the &sir.
T:.e .h .tatement showed that the balances in the beads
!he irrenret were no current accounts 403,263/. Ca. 6d. ;
wreuntP. i t SO/. ; and on government seam-
ties. 197,244/. 18e. 2d.

THE TIUTH ENPLOSTON.
The report of the main di :Unarm committee was brought
rrT,,tire to the espbeion at Messrs. Hall's magazine, at
Vnonezion with the Southern mitten sewer works
W h reference to the eoutemplated porches of
l.od F llowng the pumping house, there were two
rourarloes in the possession of ilh'uni• Hat sad
t a. tter hal beet; referred to the superintending architect.
therefore, succested that the questioc should be
vr'r el, and that the committee should report to the
load ai Sono as possible on the subject. The suggestion
• a4reed to, au! the subject refereed back to the oom-

that the soya of one hundred guineas be
70.‘.-r•• .1 to Mr. Francis Evelyn Houghton, together with a
' .11. i esaian of the approbation of the board of his
l •
zealous services in connexion with the
• i the river wall on the occasion of tie explosion
.stll.• powder magazine, Erith Marshes, on the

.......
• ••44. f the reduction in the establishment of
the j •' • • f ins Lion of gu meter. the committee
'to. Mr. Ward should receive six months'
not ic.4 to engagement.
After ..r.e it was decided that they should
M. 1, I ‘lx montlw: salary. and as they did not
r• 4 4., 4.1 give him his time to himself.
• • t were progressing when we wept to

111. ,711 i•r* L61:11 S..MERVILLY..—Vice-Admiral
• ev••ired on Wednesday morning at New.
• at I,.anlington, where be has resided many
•-. :sere Ken lin Somerville, Lord Somerville in
• • • f ~0.1,1,1, WAS the third son of the Hon.
• S 10.. el Hugh Somerville, second son of the
I ` .rt by his second marriage with Mary,
of the lion. Wriotheeley I /ighy. Ile was
' • I.: :.. ven;l,ol., 1;c:'. and married 3rd September,
• I. •1:4.i, only daughter of Mr. Jahn Hayman.
• • - ! entered the navy in IAIII, and had
••• • •I•'.. active seryi... He obtained his rank we
• ' :•! 4, end accepted the retirement io IW. As
' • rr, adlnirAl his commisrion was dated Jane 14,
••i•-,•11.1:ril. March IS 57 ; and admiral, May
;'• • Ti.. admiral is succeeded in the ancient
, • Iw his eldest son, the Hon. Hugh Some''-
, ":. 1,33, and who is a lieutenant in the
••: -I Yeomanry Cavalry ; and his second son,
• N.. ". is an officer in the Rilie Brigade.
FA LI. —A young man. named.
-••• met serious aecidentat Mr.T. Lea's
• . K I• rimester. on Tuesday. He wee at the time at
• . I..ther.who WAS engaged in slating the roof,aod
•,,< f..two-il to talc. a hod of mortar from a boy's
I ••••• fowitig, and fell forward. The ground lay
I him, and certain death appeared immi.
`•- • .‘. f. 1, however, the poor fellow, with the energy
r. .'••tche.l at a rope which bang before him.
t it. but the weight of his falling body pre.
••' I..roi•lng it tightly. and he slipped down it,
•7, I. Lawis with the friction, till at Teat the rope
" • •••••I l,e f.ll to the ground. A heavy plank, which
c:. 5., over when he fell, came crashing after
• . •-i: it did not fall upon bim. lie. Roden
'•'l I•onzto,1 were sent for, and they found that no
s w^re i.rn;,..n. !Menton had, however, received serious
tl.. pi...lse extent of which could not at ono° be
He had only been married a fortnight.—
' • • i'•

raosama
SATEADAT. OP Ito=BUY srxviy.
N.W. to N.E. and COMM. N. to W., and again to
back, gales to mode- N.. strong. squally,
rate, rain at times. • few *bowers.
N.E. to W., gales to Wlll7OO. W. to N., varying from
fresh, ram at time• strong to moderate.
B.S. E. to W. N. W.,gales SOCTRiIIa. As next above.
to moderate, some
rain.

ing roach, wales
to moderate, rata at
times.

LIMN. Northerly and westerly,
railing from strong
to moderate.
Cautlosary signals on Wednesday and Thursday.
Worthern=Bootlaaa. Winsern= Ireland. Wass., and &d-
-isk-ma:lea southern=Mwrllsb Channel and bay of &may. Seaton
asfwatward England and North SOL

The gunnery experiments at Bexhill yesterday
assumed the form of a bombardment, salvoes of live shells
being at the dose fired at the Martell° tower. The general
results of the experiments ere--first, equal penetration into
brickwork of the Armstrong and Whitworth projectiles;
and, second, the superior destructive effect of the Arm-
strong shell. As a whole the experiments verify those of
August, 160, which established the advantages of rifled
guns over smooth-bore guns. The firing was watched with
great interest by great numbers of the Sasses gentry.

I THE LATE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. —The 21.ctting.
ham Journal of to-day states that the late Duke of New-
castle bad during the day of his death been uJusually well,
and had conversed freely with his workpeople shout the
estate. He had also visited the stables and inspected the
horses. About 25 minutes past 6in the evening he was
convening freely with his solicitor, Mr. Ouvry, of the firm
of Ferrer, Dowry, and Ferrer, London, that gentleman
having been to the church festival at Shireoaks, and his
grace had been expressing his satisfaction at the great suc-
cess of the festival, when be suddenly threw up his arms,
gave a scream, and died in about four minutes. His grace's
physician, Dr. Kingsley, of London, and two or three per-
sons were present at the time. A telegram was received by
Dr. Kingsley at Clamber from Sir George Grey at Balmoral
on behalf of her Majesty. None of his grace's family were
at Chamber at the time of the sad , his grace's second
son, Lord Edward Pelham Clinton, having left Clumber a
week ago to join his regiment io Canada West,
THE HON. Mg. STANLEY. —Among tbe pas-
sengers by the Europa, which sailed from Boston on Wed-
nesday last, was the Hon. E. Lyulph Stanley, son of Lord
Stanley of Alderley, Postmaster•Generul of England. Mr.
Stanley has spent the last six months in this country,
travelling extensively, and carefully observing the work-
ing of our institutions under the tremendous strain to which
they are subjected is the present crisis. He has taken side'
with the North from the beginning of the war, and been
the constant and earnest advocate of a cause which has few
cc no friends is the sphere to which he belongs, and
which require courage and mageatinsity to defend as well
as broad and independent views to espouse. Mr. Stanley
is still very young, and should he enter political life, as
with his strong teedeocks he can scarcely fail to do, he
will run doubtless a distinguished and brilliant career.-- j
New F ork BMUS, Putt.