The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

THE MURDER NEAR ROTHERHAM.

The hearing before the Rotherham magistrates of
the evaders,. spinet the two mu, James Sargiroo and
Richard Denton, for the murder and robbery of John
Cooper, near Roche Abbey, on the night of the 9th April,
was concluded yesterday. The murder, it will be meal.
looted, was of a very brutal character. Cooper called at a
public-house, near Laughton, oe hie way to the house of his
parents on the Saturday n4ht. He wu shortly afterwards
attacked is a narrow, lonely Law and beaten on the bud
until his skull was knocked in. The Pie against the two
men differed very materially. Sargiason, shortly after his
apprehension, admitted having been present at the murder,
which he said wee committed by Denton. He told the
polios that they would find the murdered man's watch
in his (Sargisores) piptye, and hie (Sergiseon's) bloody
clothes between his bed and mattress. These articles
were found acoordiogly, aod are conclusive proof of
his guilt, in addition to his statement; which wu
not made until after the government had offered a re.
ward of 1001. for information and a free pardon to as
informant who was implicated, but not the actual
murderer. Dutton was apprehended on &reboots's state.
mut, and the additional evidence against him was purely
cumunsbatith It was shown that he lives in the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the some of the murder, and was
out at a bee hour on the night of the murder, being also
akin with Sargiron at the public houses at which Cooper
called at the time the murdered man, Cooper, left. When
apprehended Denton denied that In had ever bees with
&grime, or that they were compaciou. This denial wu
clearly proved to be untrue, and in hie possession were
f mod several handkerchiefs identified as the property of
the murdered man by his brothers and mother. of
blood were also toned upon his coat sod underneath the
buttonhole of his vest. His right-hand pocket was also
stained as if a bloody hand had been thrust into it. The
knees of his trousers bad recently been cut out and patched.
At the moduli= of the evidence the prisoners were
cautioned in the usual way, and Bugle= this repeated the
coofession which he had =t0r...4 made. Dudes fainted
several times daring the and be and Sargissoc ex-
changed recriminations save& in the dock. figural
witnesses were called as Wolf of Denton to prove an alas.
Both the prisoners were anandeled for triaL

Accurierr To • VoLurrrant. —The annual in-
spastica of the 3rd City of Loudon Volunteers by Colonel
Ainistarit-eeter of Volooters, took place
yesterday Oabloods HA Morn, the readmit* of Mr.
Nicoll Of the amp, width unites nearly 1,000
effective naseibera, upwards of 500 were present on parade.
and nearly 2230 were absent as leavet the balance only
rema unaccounted for. The only accident occurring
to mar the proem:lisp of the day was one which befell
Private Lodge. Haring loaded his ride, he incautiously
Crkis kit band on the muzzle and brought the
smartly to the ironed. The hammer falling with the
shock, the middle finger of the unfortunate man's left band
was so shattered that anaputetion had to be resorted to.
This was bores with remarkable firmness, almost with in-
difference, and the young man, ref the aid of a
stretcher, walked to the poorest cab, in which he war duly
forwarded to hie resideses. Bach was the sympathy
excited by the accident and the asap finial with which
it was endured that a saworiptioa amounting to close
epos 271. was raised on tie spot by Mr. Nicholay, the
quartermaster of the regiment.
Cuaious lotoroarr Ar • thitrzen.—On Sunday,
the Bth of May, the second Lima of the awning service
in the established church was the oth of Matthew, in the
9th verse of which commesoes the Lord's Prayer. It
L customary on arriving at this portion of the
lessen for the to stood up, and at
St. Peter's Church, Br hby cis Sunday the usual
rale was observed. The eapaith however, who we
are Warmed is hard a hearlag, eosin the orogrigatioa
rise, imagined that the lemma hod been completed, sod
therefore played the Jubilate Deo, and the choir, evidently
not knowing what was best to do, sang the psalm. The
minister—the it.,. Mr. Gebtorido—ctutiosod the reeding
for a few momenta, when east his stentorian effort. were
overwhelmed by the more powerful voice of the organ, he
ors compelled to reliequish his teak, and the remaining
twenty-five vanes a the chapter were consequently Idt
anted The hardest caused great confusion and annoyance
to the onegregation. —Suss= Advertiser.
Cortuw•LL, MAY 13.—Two or three rather im-
portant Whiten cattle fain have bees held in the county
daring the week, sod thesiderabis beams bee been trans-
mated. At Bode* en Wednesday, the second and princi-
pal day of the fair, there was a very good supply of cattle
of all descriptions, and nearly all the animrls changed
ovum Fat cattle averaged from bps. to 635. per cwt.: store
cattle, 40a. to 4Z.: cows and calves, 53a. ; aeon, 101. to
16/. each ; ores, 301. to 341. per pair. Oallington Fair on
Thursday was not largely supplied, but the quality of
nearly all stock was exceediagly good, sad prior ramrod
as at Bodmin cm the previous day. Roche Fair, like
Calliagton, was not Imply supplied ; there was a great
demand for fat sheep, of which there were yore few, sod.
cousequently, theme on offer were readily dispose of at
prom in favour of the seller. The pastures in Cornwall are
un capital condition.
Ti. WEATINKIL Ti. CIOPti —The rains of
last week have been succeeded by splendid weather, and the
last few days have beought summer suddenly upon us. The
upset of the entire °cushy speaks of promise sad abseil-
soca The growing crops ate everywhere looking vigorous
and luxuriant. The late rains came moth opportunely, sod
the spring corn, beans, pets. he., all give stroog evidence of
their valuable inflames The pastures have also benth Pad
immensely, and the grass everywbeeu looks as if a heavy
swathe may be calculated upou. Altogether, prospects are
most cheering. This report is of course in reference poni-
es:dirty to this district, lint it is most gratifying to add that
the accounts from almost all ppaarrttes of the kingdom are sub-
staatially of the same eatiatactory character—Sumer Ad.
eertiser.

FARMING PILOSPECTS fle lILISLAND. —A letter from
Dublin says :—" The weather daring the presume mostk
has been the moat favourable foe the crops that has been
known for =ay Tsars. The vegetation is exesedingly bun-
, riant. It to long sines the ll` Or. ea Isle' so well deserved the
title as at present. There is • alightd. slam a railway traffic,
sod Uwe* who bars invented in shares we cot pleased
with their dividends. Bat the farmer are in excellent
spirits. The &nosed for fat stock isvery brisk, and the
priersglvire are highly reaumentriive. Thera Is • was;
of store cattle, which were formerly well supplied by
the small farmers, who reared this, in their monotain
ranges of pasture, and thee sold them to the lowland
plusses. The prices are sow so high that only men of ea-
past are able to stook their farms. But they are sum to
mil is autumn at • large Weak NM of this elms say that
the farming interest wee never in • better state; while Mel
of the less tortoise.* dam—that is, anall farmers without
capital—declare that it was never at so low an ebb. This
class is emigrating as fast as possible. The consequence is
that the shopkeepers in She small tows' whom they ans•
mined are giving w, and their failure acts quota the awe-
chants in Dublin another cities." . .

The Woei3et•tec4 epotirim-----en for tbe ensuing shoot-
ing seams in Perthebbs are at present very encouraging•
The weather hie bees all that could be desired since nest
building oornmeaosd, and daring the last two met/
especially the sun has shone out brilliantly every day.
On 41 the moan of the county there la a large stock of
grams breed*, and a number of the more early wets
were hatched a week ago. Nests generally this season
were well filled with eggs, sod gamekeepers state that
they found in numerous oases tea sip in a single oust. If
the imam ensues favourable the hatching season will
sots be over, and the greater part of the young broods pest
denser from Goads. TM grease, WWI few moeptions, ap•
pear Mbe Wee' and healdiy. All other kinds of pros on
both high sad low meads are abundant, aid in good con-
dition. Oapereailsie ere breeding in hip numbers in all the
woods of Pertheitire.-Bcotssion.