The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF FOUR MEN AT KIRK-
DALE.—(riIIs DAY.)

At noon this day, the four condemned criminals,
Alvarez. O'Brien, Hughes, and Moms', were hung io front
of the pol at Kirkdale.
Numbers of people assembled in hoot of the gaol yester-
day afternoon, for the purpose of watching the operations of
the workmen who were constructing barriers, he. A Very
large number of people intended to go from Manchester
'ad the surrounding districts. Comprehensive police
arrangements were made to keep order amongst the
alined overwhelming mar of humanity which Man.
dated the fields around the prison. It woo estimated
that there were above 80,000 people present when Taylor,
the Manchester murderer, was hanged, and that crowd
was surnamed in numbers today. With regard
to the calming themselves, we may state that they hay,
lately, one and all, seemed penitent. Alvarez and Thome'
lost the callow and indifferent berried which they mat.
fasted in the early part of their confinement. Thomas, it
may be remembered, feigned madness during his trial, bet
his conduct during the past week confirms the opinion of
the surgeon of the gaol that his mind was never affected.
Thomas, when informed that the efforts which had
been made on his behalf were 11011Ueeeerf al, received the
intelligence with apparent resignation. The Rev. 31r,
Hughes sad the Rev. Mr. Saunders, Welsh dimentieg
mioisters, have had frequent interviews with Thomas, and
two or three days ago he also received a visit Irma an old
schoolfellow, who called again yesterday, but as Thomas
expressed his nnwillingeess to see him, Captain Gibbs (the
governor of the gaol) did not allow as interview to Oka
place. . . .

O'Brien has not been visited by any relatives or friend.,
bat Mr. Gibson, the Roman catholic chaplain of the gaol,
has been most assiduous in by attentions to him. Alvarez,
the Spaniard, has received the spiritual ministration of
the Rev. Mr. Godwin, of 9t. Anthony's Roman catholic
church ; and the Spanish consul and vice•consul at Liver.
pool have ag., visited him, in order to commuoicate the
result of the efforts which have been made to obtain A re.
prier* on his behalf.
_ .

- The Rev. Mr. Appletoo, the chaplain of the gaol, bse
devoted himself with praiseworthy seal to Hughes, who
has also been seen by two of hi brothers and a daughter by
his first wife.

loran, the execatiouer, arrived at Kirkdale yesterday
afteroooo, sod in the evening the latest prepezatioes were
completed.
About 100,000 persous were present.
O'Brien exhibited a defiant been-lag, the others were calm,
submissive, and prayerful.
The followiog are the
various murders :

connected with the

Benjamin Thomas lodged with Mn. Rowlands, the wife
of a merchant osptain, and was slightly in her debt. Bo
bad envied to go to sea in a ship for which • man surd
Cromthwaite mu acting as shipping-muter, and, in WOW
queries of that engagement, received an advance note,
which he lodged with the deceased as security for the money
that he owed her. Be afterwards expressed an nowilling-
-116111 to sail in the ship ; and Mrs. Rowlands, who was aware
that in the event of his failing to go on board at the sp.
pointed time the advance note would become worthless,
made repeated attempts to overcome this unwillingness,
and toU him distinctly that if he did not join the ship be
would be seat to prison for three months. On the 12th
of May she was ressoaiog with him in the Walsh language,
when the prisoner suddenly roes, went into the cellar, and
called to the deceased to come after him. She followed
him immediately, and while sbe was in the cellar be at.
tacked her with • heavy wooden instrument called a
" potato masher," and mangled her heed and face dread-
fully. She died immediately. After this be went upstairs
and made a ferocious attack upon a young woman named
&elbow, and an old woman named Evans, who received
some frightful wounds, and narrowly escaped the fate of
Mrs. Rowland'.

Jose Maria Alvarez, another of the murderers, was walk.
lag along Old Hall-street, Liverpool, on the 12th of May
last, as were also Jinn= Harrison, and a man named Cohen.
Cohen accidentally jostled the prisoner, and immediately
offered him an apology. Alvarez appeared very mach
enraged, spoke a few words in Spanish. drew hi knits or
dagger, and stabbed Cohen twice. He first wounded him
in the back and then in the breast ; but neither of the in-
juries in this case proved fatal. As soon as Harriers
heard his friend cry out, and became aware of
what bad happened, he ►ttempted to arrest the pt
miner, but Alvarez resisted, and wounded him twit.
One of these wounds was a very seems one in the abdomen,
of which the unfortunate man died. Harrison fell in the
street, and the prisoner went away. He was called a
" villain" by some women who were standing by, sal be
immediately took up the apron of one of these WOlO.ll NMI
wiped his bloody dagger upon it. Having done this be
succeeded in getting ►way, but was shortly afterwards appro.
heeded by the police.
John Hughes, the third murderer, was an habitual
tippler, and, as is not unusual with fellows of his elms,
was in the habit of beating his wife. lit
threatened to " danoe upon her," sod said that she
ought to have been hanged at Kirkdale instead of two mm
whom he sew upon the scaffold some time before his own
execution. Thin feeling towards his wife took s muiderosi
shape on April 30, on the morning of which day he got up,
went to her bedside, and asked her to give him a shilling.
She said that she had but one, a sixpence, twopeace, and a
foreign coin, and she refused to give him anything. He
mid be would have it "out of her bones," sad an boa
later, when he had dressed himself and taken breakfaid, be
west to the bedroom, where he beat his wife with his it
until she fell off or over a box, and then trampled upon
and kicked her with so much brutality that she was com-
pletely paralysed. Her spine was severely injured, and she
died two days afterwards.
The scene of the murder committed by O'Brien was I
house of ill-fame in Spitalfield, amid here 1101110 women of the
town robbed him of his wages, to earn which be had done
hard service on board ship for many weeks. Hie chagrin st
the conduct of the women was intone., and, having made
as nesinicassful attempt to induce the police to interfere.
he went into a cutler's shop directly opposite the policerta
tion and purchased a sheath knife, which he sharpened ce I
stone. He then left the shop, accompanied byawomau named
Mather, and drove in a cab to No. 5 Court, fipitalfield. In
going to the house he met Calleghan, who threw her arms
round his neck and called him her sweetheart. They west
in and the prisoner sent for half a gallon of ale. As he
was drinking he said, "Don't you think that 1 am a
generous chap to come back and treat you after being
robbed of W. r to which one of the females replied, "Tea,
I did not think you were so generous." The prisoner thin
shut the door, and drawing the knife which be had jest
before purchased, be rushed upon Callaghan and stabta
her in the lower part of the stomach. The deoessed
off the chair and was conveyed to the Northern Hospital,
where she died.

Flag/I.—Between the hours of 12 and I atm.
yesterday, a mounted police of iienouncesl at the South
weak station of the tire brigade that • serious fire had broke
out on Deptford-green. Mr. Heudereon, the chief of
of the district. at once proceeded to the spot with • couple
of manual-power eogiaes and • lend steamer, by Shawl.
Mason and Co. Upon reaching the allot be found th.it the
fire was on the premises of Mr. J. Cowell. blacksmith, Cid
that one of the engines belonging to her Sinjeety's Dockyard
had previously arrived. With the aid of the brigade the
local police managed to get the lames extinguished, but not
before Mr. Cowell's workshops were nearl, burnt out sad
part of the roof off. Some damage has also been dune to the
&enemata in Hughee's-fields, but not to a serious extent.
The fire was caused by a spark from the forge. The luse
will fall upon the Norwich Union and Kent Fire Others- -1
fire had previously taken place in the premises of Me mi.
Radlolf and Co.. the trdeesive oil refiners at Bow. 'lle
electric telegraph mamas was at once sent to Jeffrer.
square brigade beetle.) for assisteees. and is the course or
few minutes Mr. Bridges. the foreman of the A Man&
started with • couple of hand-working engines awl eve el
the land steamers. Upon reaching the *woe of the coo•
fiagration it was found that the still- house. an expensive!
fitted-up building, about 25 feet long and 19 feet weir, Co
completely enveloped is flames, and strong fears exl dad
that the flames would extend to the other and more er
tenaive buildings. Owing to the copious supply of water
furnished by the East London Company the dames were
eventually extinguisbed, but not before the still-bone we
burned out and the roofs adjoining damaged. The fire wee
insured is the Phenix Fire-office.

Inntersn Poarn.—The Gaulle of last night an.
Dooms, that the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee*
Privy Couseil forbade have received from the Secretary 6
State for Perelie Affairs a sappy of a notion issued by tM
Portuguese Hoard of Health. declaring the port of Lamb w
be considered infected with yellow fever, and all the other
ports of the province of Angola to be alai:acted of iufectios
with the same disease, time the 20.1 July.
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A MUNIFICENT OFFER.—A geutletnan of Liver
pool, who does mot publish his risme, Isis offered to give de
sure of 1.0001. towards • sum of 10,0001., which be ask
mates will las required to purchase all the uiweable!►
wawa:thy snorts which still disfigure the tows. sod whet
ocestaatly genaste fever and other infectious dimeassi.