The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

As the day fixed for this peat national
mitotic meet (the 19th of March) wreathes, the interest
booms'., and everything menseted with the amounter is
watched with the utmost anxiety. As we before stated,
the Oxford crow will be in London about the middle of the
week, as cedars ham bean given to forward the boat by
road to Palmy on Wednesday evening next. The mew, it
is expected, will make the appearance on the London
water on the following Thursday. On Monday afternoon
a picked mew was got up to give them a turn, in armed-
once with the usual custom at Oxford, and a ram of ex-
ceeding interest took pleas below Naneham. The scratch
crew romp:sod, besides the President of the Oxford
University Boat Club (Mr. Cam) sewn! Oxford oars of
great experience, including the Mears. Morrison. The
names, however, me given below, will speak for themselves :

Mr. Carr's Crew. Oxford University Crew.
1. S. K. Illingworth. Drasewose. I. C. P. Roberts. Trinity.
2. F. F. Lambert, C
F. H. tell t W. Awdry, DMA
1. y, University.
4. W. W.nitdlard. Exeter. 4. J. C. Parson. Trinity.
6. CL Morrison. BallioL 6. W. B. Jacobson. Christ Ch.
11 C. E. Harris, &swum. S. A. IL Seymour, University.
7. IL Shepherd, Bruen/we. 7. 11. Brown. Trinity.
Stroke—C. R. Carr. Wadham. Stroke—D. Pocklington, Brame.
Coss.—F. C. Chaterbuck, nose.
Trinity. Cosa—C. IL R. Totteshaa,
Christ Church.

The river being swollen by the repeat heavy rains, and
there being a tray strong head wind, there was an normal
roughness on the whim, resembling as near as possible the
swell of the Thames mar Loads's. Mr. Carr lay under the
Berkshire shore at the mile bush until the University Eight,
which had rowed from Sandford, came within a few lengths,
when he put Oa a quick stroke and led them through the
railway bridge, at whit point the gap had been somewhat
lessened, as the powerful stroke of Pockliogtoe told more
effectively in the rough water than the de& of Mr. Carr.
Upon reaching the corner the eight put on a spurt, and
caught up their oppomels, whose want of coalition telling
upon them. enabled the former to take the lead, which
they maintained to the finish.

DEATH PROM STARVATION IN BETHNAL-
GREEN.-SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE
PARISH AUTHORITIES.

INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner
for Middlesex, resumed et the Greyhound tams, Globe-
street, Old Ford-road. Bethnal-green, an investigation re-
'pectin( the death of Serah Dove, which occurred under cir-
cumstances that involved a serious charge against the parish
authorities.

The jury, after • long deliberation, returned the follow-
ing spe6al verdict, "That deosased, Sarah Dove, died from
the mortal effect' of ex haustioo, consequent on continual
want of food, clothing, and warmth, sod we are of opinion
that the husband has not bee. sufficieetly watchful over his
wife ; that Mr. Christy was to blame for not having mad* him-
self fully acquainted with the dammed's condition oa his first
visit; that relieving of ought immediately to admit
a patient on the recommendation of the medical officer, until
the neat bard day ; that in the present case the demised
died pending the test employed as to her fitness for relief ;
that in such cases the test of the workhouse is inadequate,
sod not properly adapted to its and, as life has been thereby
sacrificed ; and the jury request that the coroner forward
this verdict to the Poor Law Board."

PAINFUL ACCIDENT.—AN OFFICER in
ou• painful duty (says the Oudh Onzettel to reeved a fatal
accident that happened to an officer of the 18th Bengal
Cavalry, while out shooting about 14 nines from canton-
meets. " After enjoying their sport throughout the
morning, the sportsmen had retied for Cilia ; and were just
rising to begin shooting again, when one of them—Major
Dough—called for ' some one with stronger fingers than his
own, to come and draw hack the Lardy guard of his ride
trigger. He was. at the time, seated on the ground, with
the butt of the ride resting oa his thigh ; the ratiarle in
the air, and pointed across a jheel. One of the others
went to help lute ; end, • few momenta later, Mr. Cochrane,
who was just then lighting a cheroot, moved to give his
aid, passing, as he did so, before the rifle. At that very
instant the hammer, that bad apparently bees resting
on the bolt of the guard only, fell on the cap,
and Mr. Cochrane was shot through the heart.
His death was instsinteneons. The regiment to
which he belonged, and a large circle of his friends
in the army, have lost through this deplorable accident
an °dicer of proved ability, and a friend who will be ro-
tted and missed in every circumstance of life. Mr.
Cochrsoe was senior lieutenant of her Majesty's 34th foot ;
and had been for two years and a half adjutact of the 18th
, Bengal Cavalry. He wore the Crimean, the Turkish, sad
' the Indian medals, and had been decorated with the order
of the Itedjahri."
A MAN AND HIS WIFE DROWNED NEAR DARNS-
LIT.— Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Ball
Ina, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, before Mr. Taylor, on the
bodies of John and Mazy Keen, the former aged thirty-six
years and the latter twenty-three years of age. Keen was
a "ganger " on the line of railway now being eosstrncted
io Ardsley, and, from the evidence, it appeared he did not
live on very good terms with his wife. The unfortunate
deceased had been to the house of a friend named Widdow-
son, who resides at the side of the Desiree and Dove Canal,
and left about 10 o'clos.k to go home, distant less than half.
a-mile, their way being along the canal side; but they had not
proceeded far before they commenced quarrelling, succeeded
shortly after by the screams of the woman. A man named
John Shore, who was going along, attracted by the cries,
ran on to the canal bank, to the spot which they appeared
to have come from, bat maw no one in the water : he, how-
ever, found a jacket on the bank and a shawl floating on
the water. Ile at once raised an alarm, and a number of
I persons having run to the spot the bodies were got out in
rather lees than half an hour, it is Deedless to say, quite
dead. The jury thought that there might have been a ease
of manslaughter, but with the evidence before them the
only verdict they could return was that of " Found
drowned.' Keen, on being searched, was found to have
about 71. in his pockets, in ciao of which was found a bank-
book showing that he had 100!. in one of the Liverpool
banks.—Lends Mercury.

A Y Or Su GIRL BROWNED. —HEARTLLaS CONDUCT
OF Two MLN.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Leeds
Town Hall, by Mr. Blackburn, as to the cause of death of
Mary Jane Early, aged eleven Seen, the daughter of a
millwright, residiog in Florist-street, Kirkstall-road. The
deceased was employed at Messrs. Marshall's mill, Wilber*,
and, with four of her juvenile fellow-workers, was returning
home on Saturday afternoon along the side of the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal. When they were near Wellington-bridge,
• railway train was passing towards the station, and
the girls naturally turned round to look at it. The
deceased was standing oweeet to the water, and when her
companions were on the point of proceeding homeward,
they mined her, and on looking in the canal, sow she was
struggling in the water. Two men (if such they may be
called) passed at this time, and though the little girl in the
canal appealed to them to save her, mad her oompanioes
joined in the appeal, they took no notice, except that one of
them, with the most utter heartleeseess, uttering an oath, re-
marked. '• Oh, never mind." The deceased was only • short
distance from the water's edge, and might easily have bees
rescued if these heartlewi fellows hod had the humanity to
make the effort. The assistance of some of the workmen at
sfessn. Whitham's forge was obtained, but half an hour
elapsed before the body war recovered, and life was then
extinct. Verdict —" Accidentally drowned."
Acol DENT TO THE BIRKENHEAD DOeR WORKS.
—l2O feet of the old north wall in the Morpeth
Birkenhead. gave Inv on Sunday. 50 feet of the heavy
structure was lifted bodily from the foundation, carried 20
feet across the excavations, and deposited in an upright
Mtn, against the splendid masonry of the New
Morpeth lock. The gates of this lock were closed.
and fortunately stood the shock remarkably well. Had tin
reverse been the MO the most serious consequences must
have ensued by the sudden abstraction from the tidal
waters of the Mersey of • quantity of water sufficient to
oover 11 acres 32 feet in depth. 'l'o fill the vacancy
between the old and new walls a large quantity of water was
necessarily drawn oft from the Morpeth been, and to corn.
pinnate for the abstraction • tidal wave of great magnitude
rushed up the basin from the river, breaking with terrific
force against the head of the basin, and inundating • portion
of the shore road. The whole of the vessel, in the Morpeth
Dock broke their chains and ropes, and some ultimately
drifted with the current into the Fgertoo Dock. but gene-
nilly they sustained only slight damage. At the Morpeth
dock rill the water was in violent oscillation for nearly an
hour. Prompt measures are being taken to remedy the
effect of the aesidisit.