The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

MANSLACGHTZE.

Pa', irk Ha'w.s, 31, soldier, was charged with the man-
shughter of Cornelius Daley.
)Ir. Orndge and Mr. Hawthorne conducted the prose-
cution on behalf of the Home-offimi.
The facts of this case were very abort The prisoner and
the deceased were 000 fined in the Mi!Hank Penitentiary,
under convictions for felony, and it appeared that the de-
ceased had made some communication to one of the
warders relative to the prisoner, which had given him
offence, and he took the opportunity. while the pri-
se:len were performing some of the prison operatioes,
to attack the deceased, aed he struck bite a blow
on the wee, which knocked him down, and while
he vas upon the ground, he knelt upon him and struck him
bl-es. The deceased bled violently at the nose, but
no serious cciaequences were anticipated, bat on the fol.
loving morning he died, the cause of death being, according
to the evidence of Mr. Grover, the medical officer of the
prim)°, the shock to the system from the attack made upon
and the loss of blood. It appeared that the deceased
was in a weak state of health, and this probably. accounted
for the fatal result that took place, as the injuries inflicted
by the prisoner were not in themselves at all of a serious
dancer.

TLe prisoner, in his dehisce, said that he had no intention
to do the deceased coy serious misehist .

The jury found the rimier Gritty. and he was sentenced
to le imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

M A RLBOROUG H-STREET.
tom Err tt WITHOUT A lUirr PO ASIAOLT.-• DANGICIOCI

FELLOW.
"• HumiJc, a man with only one arm, described ea a
painter, of 27, Castle-street, Holborn, waa charged as
follow,
row the evidence of George Castle, 69 C it appeared
tu the previous night be was called to tbe shop of a
tr.”14,-0.,0 in t .if..rd-street to remove the prisoner, who
was making a gra it dittorbanco. He requested the pri-
soner to go alto,. when he Mill that if he (Castle) " laid a
inger oo biro be would smash his head." He then took
the prisoner into custody, when be became very violent. and
It raTitred f^ur co:3l4+6les to get him to the station. While
t:.e say tb. r« a person called out, " Mind the knife,"
:fl on looking in the prisoser'm band an open knife was
foin.i. The prisoner threatened to "do for" one of the can-
non:ea.

I. iwad I.oalett, inc. proved gob)/ to the assistance of
ta.fle. sod hemp thrown down by the prisoner, and also
s:ood him is a tender fait
I: 1.14 d•deoce the primmer said be bad just come from
that he had fallen in with some friends who gave
L.'. I: tt I. drink. which had had a great effect on his bead,
t since he bad lost his arm.
!.. u.w.r to Yr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the prisoner
wa. Ln: Sather.
r. Tyr whiff committed him fora month.

'I. “-!",I AND FIRE AT THE MILLWALL PALM
woe WORKS. Lite last night an explosion took
- in the extensive range of manufacturing premises be-
_ to Messrs. Owen and Mertees, the Patent Palm
Works, West Ferry•roscl, MillwalL The dimeter
,teed io the still-house, owing to one of the stills,
,!• sing about 4 tons weight of fat, exploding with a
resembling the discharge of fire arms. ma
,zoited, it ran in a stream into
next building, termed the press-room, filled
• —atly goods, and the fire rolled out of the
'rah curb fury as to threaten the entire plant. A
• t.d police officer was at mos despatched to call the
:!- and in the mune of a few minutes the Royal
.I.inteer Fire Brigade attended with their engines,
! 11.-e e the London Brigade followed in rapid
^-4m. and also two powerful land steamers
•narid. Mason, and Co. The East London
3.• 4. yielded a plentiful supply of water, from which
• :unteers, the workmen of the firm, and the London
,r - went to work Man admirable mangier, but they were
.r.sb!e to get the fire extinruished until the still-bowie,
the i tone of fat, and the stills were seriously damaged. The
ir.s..room rommuuicatiog and the whole of this contents
'ere nearly destroyed by fire, and the roof is off. The firm
•• ;o.ured in the l'b.enix and Royal Fire-offices.