The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-19 00:00:00

• 1 aciarcised the letter to her in
or "Miss Eldridge." I saw him again on the
• following, when he showed me a chain.
.01 me a pawnbroker's duplicate fora chain which
Lim with before, andasked me to buy the ticket.
h said to me, "Muller is shortof money,"thdasked
lea. for the ticket. It is like the chain produced.
examined. —He was lame when he left me on
erenieg, sod limped when he was walking. He
,:ipper on the foot that was lame.
ut Clarke, of the detective police, examined—l
6,, Victoria on the 24th August lard, in company
Lenient), an officer of the New York police. She
the bay, about nine miles from New York--the

• -:.den Island. The prisoner was in the after part
p. 1 took him by the arms, and riemann said,
officer of the New York police, and you
~ed with the murder of Mr. Briggs, in Erg-
etplsined the particulars, telling him it was
_ _

:Lb London Railway on the 9th of July, between
I ackoey-wick. He replied, "I know nothing about
r was on the line." Tiernan* searched him, and
v from his right-hand pocket, of which I took
. . D. The prisoner said, "That is the key of my
~ni what the captain said I want to No. 9 berth and
bos,which the prisoner said was his own. I opened
...e key taken from the prisoner, and in owe corner of
1 this watch, sewed up in a piece of rag. I said

_ , watch ° (it being at first sight difficult to tell what
• and he said, "Yes, it is my watch." I then found
- i maned), with the maker's name, "Digance, IS,
Exchange." I said, "Have you posseeeed these
_•lon4°" He said, " Yee, I have had the watch about
„as, and the hat about twelve months."
witness was not cross-examined.

..itfard—Upon this evidence, air, I have to request
: . will remand the prisoner fora week.
inquiry was then formally adjourned tall Monday
11 o'clock, with the understanding that the case
- .1 be then completed and the prisoner committed for

curious scene here occurred.' Owing to the crowded
•.? of the court, it was found impossible to get the
O,T out of the dock for a considerable time. During
• ?:lap be had a brief conversation with his solicitor, but
• puled during the examination had he evinced any
.1 emotion. He remained perfectly quiet and unmoved,
bis expression wu sad throughout the inquiry,
. ying a seat in the dock during the latter part of it,
..kelp looked up at any of the witnesses, nor was there
•. .* ;htest alteration in the expression of his face as their
were called.
eKaminatioo was completed at 2 o'clock.

THE INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)

morning Mr. John Humphreys, one of the

.ere for the «auty of Middlesex, resumed at the Toro-
. . Hackney, the inquest touching the death of Mr. Brine.
Siperintendeut Howie had the management of the
co the part of the commissioners of police ; and Mr.
from the office of Mr. T. Beard, appeared on be-
. • of the accusedlman, Franz Muller.
r-mber of powering' bad assembled in the court and its
• in the expectation that the man Muller would be
- .ht up before the Coroner and the jury under a war-
from the Home-office, as it was known that she in-
: had been adjourned until to-day with that view. The
tatioos of those present were, however, doomed to
..r;ointment.

7..0 Coroner said—Gentlemen of the jory, you may re-
that we adjourned on the last occasion for the pro-
non of witnesses then absent from England. They have
- red since, but they have a prior claim upon them at the
.0 aurt, and there is no course open but to spin adjourn
o.;rt. I have at present no evidence to lay before you,
to the absence of the witnesses in question, and I
that, owing to the circumstance stated, I must now
..rn and trouble you to reassemble again.
Foreman—Coder the circumstances that cannot be
Jed.

..,roner —Well, gentlemen, I shall adjourn the court
•• : tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
t..e court was then tomally adjourned.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

ce September Sessions of the Central Criminal Court
commented this morning before the Right Hon.the Lord
,or, the Recorder, Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C., Aldermen
•' Robert Carden, Gabriel, Abbiss, Waterlow, Mr. Sheriff
..en, the Under-Sheriffs, lac.
The 6mi edition of the calendar contaMe the names of 106
.)nera.

ine Recorder's charge to the grand jury alluded to only
. of the cum the cases in the calendar being quite of
ordinary character. At the close of the Recorder's
the grand jury retired. and the ordinary Wainer
::.e court wee proceeded with.

BEAT TYRE IN THE CITY.-(THIS DIE)

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
i',..tween the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock thin
7.iog a fire broke out on the second Boor of the premier
-Fled by Means. lullaby and Co., warehouseman,
• ham-street West. These premises occupied not fewer
seven houses and were also in the occupation of
-r d other warehousemen, is:l.:lading Mr. T. Tapling,
-in-manufacturer, who occupied the Bat and ground
• - Engines were soon on the spot from
parts, but by the time they arrived the
• es were rolling out of nearly 50 windows, and the
was so intones that the reflection could be rap all over
metropolis. Conductors Lowe and Shaw succeeded in
• .ri‘-ating a number of valuable paintings in Haberdsahens
1, to which the dames had extended. Floor after floor
' the premises in which the disaster commenced,
-'-.-ging to kissers. Hillabey and Co., wars all
legtroyed, and the roof burped off. The premises of Mr.
Tripling, carpet manufacturer, comprising the basement,
!Jet floor, and also the pound floor, are seriously
..:-abed by fire and water. The damage den* to Haber-
olei's-hall is irreparable. The houses numbered
. 1!, in Gresham•street opposite are also greatly injured
-e and water, fix. ; and so are the premise' belonging to
a. Curtis and Bedford, the solicitors. The total lose
..:mount to m►ny thousand pounds sterling. Mr. Hugh
:e•. the vrareboneeman, has had the ground Boon and
cod sod fourth floors seriously injured by fire,
s 1,-,ac., and the roof destroyed.

nt• GLAD,,TONZ AND THE PUBLIC PARE AT
,-FITH. —The park presented to Farnworth by Mr.
• Larne*, M.P.. for the free use and recreation of
• - .I.:.bitaute, is to be opened by Mr. Gladstone, M.P.,
wrdneivlay the lath of October. In the letter in
the right boo. gentleman accepted the invitation of
:••.: • board, he says :—" As a general rule, lam
to decline invitations from places with which I
.reei.! tie ; but I should he sorry to seem to
7-:•• with indifference the munificent act of the member
:t•gi." Sir James P. Kay-Sbuttleworth, Bart.; the
.t. Egerton, M.P. ; Lieut.-Colonel Gray. M.P. ; sod
'.••••!..n, M.P., will be asked to attend, and the day in
%-rth and distnet is to observed as a holklay.
1 • Currox SUSPENsION BRIDGE.— W 6 under-
. "

. - •• ••••••••••-
th.r, es the directors of this work were unable to
presence of the Prince of Wales to inaugurate
of the suspension-bridge, they determined, at
• • tneetioir, to invite Lord Palmerston to perform
- n• aq, and they eccordingly have sent a oommuni-
-• r.. the prrmier to that effect. We have beard that a
ititin.ation has been received from the noble lord,
that if it were in his power he should be happy to
• with the request of the directors : but no definitive
• has yet come to band. The public opening
; take place the last week in October.—Bristol

A !.1171:1! MEMORIAL AT HALIFAX.—An equestrian
!!i•-i., of the Prince Consort, rant in bronze by MOM. Elk-
Birmingham. from a model by Mr. Thorneycroft,
e•;•ai, at a cost of 1,3001., already mimed by a general
-• t';' .on in Halifax. was on Saturday publicly unveiled
.keerdeeti granite pedestal at Ward's.-end, whither .
l'thteer; the corporation. subscribers, ke., walked in
:• --con from the Towohall, preceded by one volunteer
! ~01 followed by another. Sir Charles Wood, as a
:• of the borough, and Sir F. Croes'ey, as one of the
'ember*. accompanied the mayor upon the platform
th, statue. The Van. Archdeacon Musgrave,
• invoked a blessing on the erection of the status.
s -1 I'ING CARS OX THE NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
`t.--Each ear can conveniently furnish beds to 4$
•. and seat •From the floor to the top the dor- .
".-r:ra are about ten fest, and can accommodate four
eonvecietitly. For the extra privilege of sleeping •
is made for the top apartment, for the second
• itd fir the lower apartment 1 dol. 25c. The bed
are of the finest damask, and when the seats which
• he beds are tuned doom they form spring mattresses.
• r alteroate department is • state room, with latticed
..- • ahich is a great improvement in sleeping railroedean.
r-otilatiog apparatus is most complete, and through
oar will always be cool and pleasant, even in the
", reacher. Every convenisuce has bees nicely fitted
ti..• comfort of passengers. The woodwork is all of
-.
hxhly polished, and the glus is tastefully stained.
•-r,' also contain state-rooms, intended specially for the
'• ,:on and convenience of theiadies.— Wadi
ngton paper.