The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-01 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31. APPOINTMENTS. Pay-
masters W. L Inch, secretary to Sir Charles Freentretle,
at Devonport ; and F. W. S. Ponsonby, secretary to Com-
modore Dunlop, at Woolwich.
Amistant Pep:master T. S. Chanter, to the Victory.
Assist►nt Clerks It. Osborn, to the Bormwen ; and C.
O'Malony, to the Impregnable.

CHATHAM, Dr.c. 31.

Mr. J. Stansfeld, 31. P., the juuior Lord of the
Admiralty, accompanied by Mr. Walker, arrived from tie
Admiralty yesterday, and this morning commenced Iris in-
vestigation of the system of maaagemeut adopted at this
dockyard, in which he is likely to be occupied foe some time.
In accordance with orders to that effect received tram the
Admiralty, a new target, repro:emoting a portion of the side
of the new iron-clad frigate Lord Walden, commenced at
this dockyard, is to be built under the superintendence of
Mr. Baslicombe, for the purpose of beiog tooted at Shoe-
burying'', with the Armstrong 311lbponnder rifled gun.

WOOLWICH, Dzc. 31.

The Nutine, screw steam vessel, Commander
Graham. which am•ed on Saturday from the Pacific, is
ordered to be paid off at this doesyard on Tuesday seat.

THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN HORSEMONGER-
LANE GAOL—Yesterday Mr. Lewis Loyde, High Shenff of
the county of Surrey, appointed Tuesday, the 12th inst.,
for the execution of Samuel Wright and Joseph Ilaharg, the
men who were recently convicted of wilful
mur•
der. The first-named inilividual has been shout daily
visited by his father and brother, and the utmost exertions
are being mad* by the inhabitant. of Lambeth to save his
life. He is well known u a quiet, hardworking man, bat
the deceased hors a very bad character at a drunken and
quarrelsome woman. He asserts to his friends that on the
fatal night, as soon as he got her into their rooms she rushed
at him with s table-knife, when they struggled, and be took
the knife from her before 110 used the razor. Joseph
Maharg, the other unfortunate man, was tried
et K lepton Amite. last week for munleriog •
young woman named Elizabeth Watuer, at Guildford.
The jury who found him guilty strongly recommended him
to mercy, and now efforts are being made to save him
also from an ignominious death. During yesterday Mr.
Charles James Abbott, the under-sheriff of Surrey, waited
on the unhappy men, and informed them that the sentence
of the law was to be carried into effect at oine o'clock on
the morning of Tuesday. the 12th instant. Both men, who
have been extremely attentive to the religious consolations
' of the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Jesup. received the melan-
choly intelligence with considerable emotion. According to
I the usual practice in this county Samuel Wright. execu-
tion would have takes glees on Tuesday next, but Balsam
having been convicted • week afterwards, the sheriff con-
sidered it more expedient to defer it until the following
week, for the double execution.

• Fiats IN THE Mnntorous.—Yeeterday morning,
about four o'clock. • fire broke out in the premises belong-
ing to Messrs. Lucas sod Kelk, the well-km*lre builders, of
Dean•street, Westminster. The flames were discovered
raging in • timber building used as offices, which were de-
stroyed before the tisane could be eatioguisbed, but forte.
nately the books were all saved. The other porticos of
the work! escaped damage. About see, o'clock yister-
, day morning a fire happened oe the premises belonging to
Mr. Culliugford, a aupeoter and builder, situate in Philli-
! mor•-mewa. Kensington. The flames originated in •
timber building used as workshops, and in the come of •
few minutes the whole of the building was in • blase. The
fire could not be extinguished until the workshops were
burned down and the contests consumed. The loss will
fall upon the Law Fire-office. Other fires took place dories
the day, at Mile•ead, and different places, but the
damage at each was not considerable.
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