The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-09 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,

Last night Mr. W. Harrison began his season of
English opera. His opening has been aaspisious ; for the
performance of lam night drew a crowded house, was of ex-
traordinary excellence, and was attended with corresponding
sumess. If he is able to sustain his flight at a similar eleva-
tion, he may count twos a brilliant mason. We late gave •
summary of the arrangements detailed in his general pro-
speckle, from which our readers must have seen that the
strength of his company and his other resources will en-
able him to give the best operas in • manner worthy of the
neat theatre which he occupies.

The opera of last night was Gounod's Faust. It was pre-
ceded by a not:l.l3l=ml piece—a little farce called You
Same Who, written by Mr. Morton. This is an unusual—
unpreoedented, indeed—proceeding in a musical theatre, and
we doa't see that it is of any advantage. A modern opera,
with few exceptions, le long enough, and ninny are even too
long, for as evening's entertainment ; nor will it much
benefit, we should think, the manager's pocket, for few
people will come for it who would not have comsat any rate
for the opera, the proper entertainment of the theatre.
Last sight this faros commenced at seven o'clock,
and was over before eight, when the opera
began. It was a mere trifle of the very slightest kind, but
it was pleasantly acted by Mr. Honey, Hls. Roam, and Miss
Belton, and afforded some amusement to the compara-
tively small audience who were protest while it was per.
formed.

Faust is an admirable opera, and was admirably given i
but neither the piece nor ita performance furnish much
matter for remark.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.
TUESDAY.

Considering the unpropitious weather the atteedsamon
the first day wee large for the Autumn meeting, but still
the course and ring enclosure presented • deserted appear.
um. Hain poured down in torrents on Monday night,
which made the running ground heavy going. The clouds
looked threatening on Tuesday, but, excepting • few drops
of rain, the rain held off ; and, as Mr. Topham always
studies the comfort cf his visitors, the enclosures were
strewn over with straw. The day's sport cousiated of seven
items, the first event the Handicap Hurdle Hue, com-
mencing at 12.30. That the only jumping race of the day
brought out nine of the nineteen coloured, Stanton, an
unexpected runner, not being coloured. The "talent"
sleeted Monroe° and Stanton favourites, 5 to 2
being freely taken about the half-brother to Light of
other Days, while 7to 2 wu accepted about Stan.
ton. Neither of the favourites was in the new
when lull the distance had been run, and upon arriving at
the lest Bight of hurdles, PUY, whose fearing abilities were
somewhat doubted, came away and won ready, her owner,
Hasty Grimshaw, the jockey, landing a useful amount to
winter upon. The Handicap Plate had hys rumen from
the nineteencoloured, and 'wordless to the general impression
the weights conveyed Provisor woo easily. Bat little specu.
Litton took place on the Handicap Plate, and leas ensued
upon the Lancashire Stakm, which last was won by Beesy,
but the judge's decision was subsequently upset by the
owner of Heartless, Beesy not Ulnae carried a penalty for
running at Newmarket. The Knowsley Nunery Stakes
produced twenty renews, and after a abort delay •
beautiful start was effected ; Lion took the command
when fifty yards bad been run, and won • splendid race
by •• head. Lion, a big, powerfully-built hone, rolled
about at the finish, ceasing Purity to be m•
noted against by some other horses. An objection
was lodged against the winner, butes the "cannon" resulted
from accident, it was subsequently withdrawn. The All
Aged Selling Stakes ended in giving the "fielders" a turn,
aud the favourite, who got off badly, and wan hat through.
out, was claimed by the owner of Leontes. The winner's
sale placed 701. to the credit of the fond. The thirteen
moors for the Flying Stakes caused • delay at the post,
and Persuasioa getting the best of the start, held the lead
to within • few strides from borne, wheu Pupil got up and
won by a Deck. To the lest race of the day much interest
wail attached, but the trioof competitors were very moderate
animals. Subjoined are details of the running :
A tioIiDICAP MUItDII ItoCE of 3 son, each, with 40
added; WlOOllll extra. Oue mile and • half, over four
fights of hurdles. (30 sobs.)
Mr. Orialthe Pusa lasts, to Caroline), 11.trao—
.

Coquette. 6 yrs, Yet 61b 2.l.hustoo
Mr. T. Wadlow's West Enkl, 6 ynt, Ost Ittb ... (W. %bite)
Mr. T. Hunt's True Hesst, 4 yr►, isst 100, (J. Knott. 2
The toll., erlug *Ho ran Statutun, llotocco Bow.
men Wild Duck, and Wheldruke.

betting : 5 to 2 apt llorocco, 7 to 2 apt Stanton, 5 to 1
each sot Puss and West-End, and 10 to 1 adored apt any
other._

A4IANDICAP Pura of 40 sot's., for all ages ; winners
extra. T.Y.C. (ball a mile.) (22 subs.)
Ir. W. 0. Craven's Provisor, by Yellow Jack—Provision,
syn. bat bib ,earried tat IOW) iJdirunanaw, 1
Mr. Stirk a Protectionist, I yrs, Sat 121 b
Lord Uitnidge's dawn, I yrs, Oat 121 b nubile, 3
Ma Do, for and t by Leamington —Hroebetsua also ran.
._ . ....... .

Betting : lOU to 3U on Promo, and It) to I yet The
Doctor. After a delay occasioned by Protectionist refusing
to join his horses they were capitally started, the five run-
ning in close company till approschitig the distance, where
Provisor drew sway and won easily by ► length ; the same
distance between the second and thud.

Tlll Lsllcasalßc STAULS of 3 son. each. with 25 added,
for all sfes ; selling oonditions ; winners extra. One mile.
(4 subs.)
Ir. Lincoln's liortlesp, by Mountain Deer. S yrs !'2Ol. • ,
7st Gib
Captain Ilashelrs Bess), 2 yrs 402,, 13Ib (J tirtmilwar) &sq.
TUE KNOWSLC7 I:Una STAKES (tiaotbcap), of 5 coca.
each, with 100 added, for 2.rr olds ; winners extra. T.Y.C.
(Half-4-mile.) (64 subs.)
Mr. moth's on, by Mlnahound—Lionew,lat

en
Mr. Rigby's fby Stockwell—lame/601e, 7st 21b '6a)ers 2
Sr C. Itusbours Cedric, 714 6111 ,Loc. alb 63 IMalttmenta 3
The follow nag also ran .—Lsetage, 7 ceedalc, LI) a ye, &Loa
burgh, Viola, Vu, Arkansas, rwity, Malvern late Extinguisher'.
Awe of Denmark, Aoon>nta, !loops. Marls la the Horning,
Whip, belgravt, kteparattou, nod (Raiment.=

Betting : sto 1 apt Purity, to 1 'gat Lion, 103 to 15
apt the hoopoe filly, 7 to 1 apt Viola, 10 to 1 each agst
Utaborgh, Cedric, Antiyina, rod Belgrave, 100 toG apt
Reparation., and 20 to 1 each apt Luzeop, Rose of Deo-
mark, and Whip.
Tni ALL-AGED SELLING STALES of 3 Wva each, with 20
added, for all ages; usual selling allowances and winning pe-
nalties.

Lord Uxbridge's Herschel, by Lazabton—Starllght, 2 yrs
'2O/.., eet alb 1
31r Leootes, semi 20/ &t 31b.... ti,orater,
Lord WestolurelantLe 17uy. 41n f.W. ist lib .;.21orrisi 3

llurp►l.o ran

Tut Ft.n.vc HANDICAP of 5 sows. each, with 100 added,
lot .3.yr-olds sod upwards; wiuness extra. T.Y.C. (Lull a
mile.) (59 sub..)
. . _

W,era lir. s Pupil, by Stu.lent —Lizzie, I yrs, 7st bib
LI. Clerk, 1
Mr. Phillips's Persuasion, S yrs, Est fib.. . iJ. Grunsh.ks 2
Mr. York's Lytham )rs. wt Illb Isssies, 3

TAr follosriug also rail .—coup &Etat, My Slimy, Prescription,
Listen, Enema, Arbutus, Lytham, Couto .erate, Alice Lee, Jana
Sbete. Kapunata.
. . -

Betting : Jto 4 apt Coup d'Etat, 5 to 1 apt Persuaaior,
8 to 1 apt Mr Mary, mid 10 to 1 %id Prescription.
A HANDICAP SitY/rblAtiys of [U love. each, p.p. Ball a
mile. G 3 cubs.)
Mr. Mentsou'a Lady Sefton, by Leamington—Skalds,
I ars. ht alb
Mr. C. J. routes ILA date 'U4:311101.1 3 )ra.
Sat bib .
Mr. J. Peace's Blakiaton, I yrs. 7st bib

THE CONVICT MULLER.—Last ecesiug the mem-
bers of the Gentian Legal Protection Society reassembled
at Seyd's Hotel, Finsbury-square, further to consider the
necessary steps relative to the presentation of a memorial to
boa Majesty. Dr. Juch, the honorary secretary to the
society, presented to the members the corrected memorial,
which, however, had appeared in its rough state iu wane of
the public journals to his regret, and a decision was arrived
at that it should be presented, together with other docu-
ments bearing on the innocence of Muller, to the Mimi°
Secretary personally when he should arrive in town, which
they believed would be on Thursday sent. From the com-
munications they bad received, the members of the society
felt th►t Muller was innocent of the clime of which he has
bees convicted, and they were further of opinion that from
what would be placed before Sir George Grey, • respite
would be granted and • commutation of the sentence
follow.

B BEVERACiIi. nom:L.oChic practi-
tioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa..
being the must healthful of all hr. emote • W hen the doctnitc of
hommopathy was drat Introduced into this country, there were to
be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attracilve to the task
or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either -uppbed In the
crude state or so anskiltuUy mamtfactured as to obtain Uttla
notice. J. Epps, of London, Elomtropathic Chemist, was Induced
In the year leis to turn his attention to tide subject, and at
length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery in
being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and
so refined by the perfect trituration It receives in the process it
passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach
For general use Syq'e Cocoa Is distinguished as an invigorating,
grateful breakfast bvmaga, possessing a most delicious aroma.
Dr. Hama, Is his work, "Adulterations of Food,' says
"Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive {wind.
pies—every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance
of the bed 7- Again :—" As • nutritive, cocoa stands very much
higher than either coffee or tea." Directloes—Two teaspoonfuls
of the powder In a breakfast cup, filled op with boiling water
or milk. Bemired In timilsed *lb., ilb., and Ills labelled packets,
and sold at Is. lid. per lb.. by grown, confectioners, and chemists

SHOCKING MURDER IN THE PLAISToW

MARSH&&

Yesterday afternoon at half-past one o'clock the
headless body of a m•e wee found in the reeds on the north
beak of the readies of the river marshes at Silvertowa,
between Blendrwall and Woolwich, one of the most lonely
epeta in theneighboorhoed. Thedecapitated corms, discovered
by a boy and • ism out shooting, had all the appearance from
the unmistakeable mark' about it of having been the victim
of murder. A stretcher was obtained as soon as pos.ibl►
from the Vickeis Decks, upon which the murdered men
was creamed to the Graving Docks Arms, where a great
crowd of persons bad assembled. The body was Ilene
placed upon • litter in the stables, and epee an inspection of
the personnel, would appear to 0111.1) been that of • young
foreigner of between 20 and 23 years of age, and of the
middle clams of the community, clothed in good black cloth
trowasis, bessian boots, and seeks. The buttons as the
trowssn bore upon them the male( "G. Graepel, Ham.
burgh," which leads to the supposition that the deceased
was • forgoer. The shirt, which was somewhat wore,
bore the initials 0. B. 6. There were no braces or drawers.
The body from the abdomen upward. wee perfectly bare,
the right arm reefing on the breast, all the fingers baring
been sated away by water rate, disclosing the bones,
the left hand presenting • similarly repulsive •ppear►nce.
The left shoulder bone also bore indication. of the gnawing
of rate, but in all other respects there were no indications
whatever of decomposition or decay. The body, in fact, so
to speak, was perfectly " fresh," and as though it bad not
complied the spot in which it was found more than Sweaty
or thirty homy. The mud upon the boots, moreover, was
quite moist. Search war saideously made duriug the day,
but ineffectually, for the head of the murdered man. The
trunk where the head was dissevered present. • mce►
ghastly appearance. The first blow, either with • hatchet
or other sharp instrument, apparently failed to accomplish
Its intended effect, having only a gash upon the neck ; bat
the sewed blow was apparently delivered decisively, and
severed the had from the trunk. The height of the mur-
dered man, minus the bead, would appear to have been 5
feet 5 Mabee. The only property found upon his poison was
• farthing and • Keep of paper, the shred of • letter
probably, in the Germaa language. The blood
on the detrunosted, neck like the body itself, wa
quite fresh. A portion of clotted blood and brains
was found in the immediate neighbourhood of the river
shore where the body we discovered, ►od this, with the
rushes by which it wee surrounded, were put together
and preserved for the inquiry which will take place before
the coroner.

From another account we learn that during the latter
part of the day a vast number of persons atteoded at the
Graving Dock Hotel in order to identify the deceased. One
man who spoke tolerably confidently ea to his identity was
• Mr. Charles Cole, of No. 4, Hoy-street, Plaistow. He
stated that be believed the deceased had been formerly his
lodger, and that w►en he cease to him he bad • great deal
of both money and clothes, but that be had spent the
former and nude away with the latter in order to supply his
necessities. He could not, `..owever, my that he had seen
any duplicates for the property so disposed of. nor could be
tell how the matey of the deceased bad been laid out.
Cole's aceoant of the deceased appeared to Mr. Richardson,
the landlord of the Graving Doek Hotel, so unsatisfactory,
that he communicated with the police, and caused • rttr-
Tedium to be pat upon him.
Late last night Inspector Nightingale, of the K division
of the Metropolitan Polies, accompanied by Police-coestable
K 82, arrived at the Graving Dock Hotel, with Mr. and
Mna Cole, a young man named Henry Lee, and another
young man. They at once identified the clothes of the
deceued as being those be:paging to • former lodger of
theirs—F. Z. Fdimfuhrts. To Impostor Nightingale Cole
stated, that when the deceased came to him he had plenty
of clothes, but no money.
Mr. Hiawatha asked Cole what he had done with the
clothes, and he replied that he had Inwood them.
Mrs. Cele stated positively that the last time she saw
the deceased alive was on the morning of last Thursday,
and Cole asserted the same thiag. After viewing the body,
Mr. and Mrs. Cole, together with soother person who
identified it by the clothes, took their seta iu the cab under
charge of Policsooestable K 82. Shortly afterwards an
order was brought from Inspector Nightingale to the
above-named constable (K 82) to hold the man Cole in
charge. The information upon which this order was given
was that of a young man named Henry Lee, who stated
that he lest saw the deceased and Cole pass
the oilworke at Plaistow at 10 o'clock in the
forum of Thursday, end that when be went
horse to dinner on that day Cole was there. Cole
said that he had been to London with the deceased and that
he lost him in Rateliff -highway. This assertion the lad
had previously made before Cole. The let time the de-
ceased had been seen alive was upon the occasion spoken
to by the lad Lea. Upon this evidence Inspector Nightin-
gale ordered the apprehension of the man Cole, and at wee
entered the cab with the prisoner and the 'houses, sad
proceeded to the Stratford police station.
Information has been forwarded to Mr. John Humphreys,
the coroner for the eastern division of the county of Mid-
dlesex, and that functionary her issued his warrant far a
jury to be sospannedled to investigate the circumstances of
this ease.

ROYAL HORTICCLITUAL ordinary
meeting of this society was held in the council-room at the
Garden, South lisosiogtoe, yesterday ; Mr. Bateman in the
chair; gibe. 14 mew fellows were elected. M. I.:m.SMM. 11.
Candolle was also unanimously elected a foreign member.
Mr. Bateman exhibited some specimens of rare orchids, and
announced that Mr. Weir, the society's collector, had lately
succeeded is discovering end seeding bows a boomer of new
orchids of great beauty and value, one of the &lest of which
he proposed to same Odostogloestim Alexandre, after her
Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Major Trevor Clarke
afterwards delivered au interesting lecture oo the cotton
plant, io the course of which he detailed a series of expert-
meat. which he bad made for hybridising cottons of dd.
fern: qualities and which be had succeeded in, pro.
during a variety which he hoped would be Etted for eel.
tivation in India. He also exhibited a large number of far.
Wised pods which are destined for experiment in India on
the government cotton farms. Major l:earke had greathopm
that be had succeeded in crossing together oriental and
occidental types, which is at present the great desideratum
among cotton growers ; numerous attempts had been made
to effect this, but had never previously succeeded. The
thanks of the meeting were cordially voted to Major Clarke.
THC LOBB OF THE ONTAIIIO.—Etter the Uepar-
ture of our Liverpool parcel, on Monday, Mr. O'Cowd inti-
mated that the Board of Trade had taken the conduct of the
beaehrnon at Yarmouth into consideration, and bad in.
strunted the collector of customs at the port to furbish the
heachmen with the means of coming to LiverpooL He
therefore asked the court to adjourn the inquiry until
Thursday. and the request was at once acceded to. The
legal assessor stated that both he mid the oautie.l asseeson
were of opinion that the evidence as given exculi....ted the
captain as to the loss of the ship. The fort that the pilot
was engaged—whether his enrigement was cornltilsory or
not—would not necessarily relieve tit...captain front duty,
but io this ease there was no failure of duty.
THE Gazes EASTERN.—The action against the
Grass Eastern, which had been some time peudiug in the
Court of Admiralty, has just been brought to a close. It
will be remembered that the Court of Admiralty bold the
Greet Eastern to blame for the collision by which the Jane
was sunk, but on an appeal to the Privy Council the ale.
Mallon was reversed, and both parties held to Igasim. The
matter then went before the Registrar of the Admiralty
Court, and Mr. Pritchard appeared for the Groat Easters.
After bearing the parties, it was held that, after deducting
the claim put forth by the big ship, the company should
pay 2,000 f. to the owner of the Jae* and be released, each
aide to pay their own caste. The money was paid out of
6,0004 deposited in court by the Great Ship Company, and
the vessel released.

DEATH OF A POLICE-OONSTABLZ BY Mom NING.
Yesterday afterama Polioroonsnable Saunders, 91 II &el.,
moo, wont oo duty at the London Docks. At Leif-past tea
o'clock on the same night a private Intel:amp heard',
sound in the water as of some person struggling, but not
any outcry ; an alarm was giros and the constable sought
fat on his beat. The water was dragged, and after two
home the unfortunate man's body was recovered. He had
doubtless (Allen to, baring mistaken his pathway from the
density of the fog which at that time prev..iled. Ile wee a
well-oonducted man, and was only married on Saturday last.
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