The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

fsama•s 'anima)
LIVERPOOL, AuGust 12.
The City of London has reached Liverpool, but
brings nothing in confirmation of a despatch, re-
porting the capture of Fort Wagner, publiabed in
another column.

The following additional particulars appeared in
the New York journals :
General John Morgan and Colonel Cluke, and staffs,
arrived at Cincinnati July 27, shortly after 10 o'clock, over
the Little Miami Railroad, guarded by troops under General
Shackelford, the captor of Morgan. It consisted of Morgan
and Claire, with their staffs and orderlies, amounting in all
to 31 persons. On disembarking from the train they were
taken in charge by • detachment of the I I Ith Ohio.
A large crowd was assembled at the depot, and an the pri
soners moved immense numbers were added to it. When
they marched down Ninth•street not lees than 5,000
persons surrounded the famous guerilla and his aids.
Many of these lookers-on seemed excited, and cried
" Hang the cut-throats," " Bully for the horse thieves.'
Several of the spectators were flourishing pistols, bet the
guard quickly drove them away. The field band of the
Illth discoursed " Yankee Doodle" on the march, which
the prisoners endured with complete sang froid.
Morgan, on the way, interrogated the captain cam.
mending the guard concerning the whereabouts of
his brother. His question eo that point being
answered, he turned and said, "Pass up that
whiskey." The whiskey was passed forward in a canteen,
which the general proffered to the captain, who
politely refused. The general then took a long
pull. They were ensconced in the city prison
shortly before 11 o'clock. Before locking them up they were
deprived of a large number of pistols, which they stated they
had been permitted to retain bythe terms of surrender. There
was a bushel of pistols, all loaded, stowed away in the office
of the city prison last night—all of them revolvers, many
of the officers carrying a brace.

ANOTHER FRENCH CANARD. —The Paris Presse
of yesterday says :—" There is serious talk of a marriage
which will greatly utonish those who have not yet heard
of it. This marriage is to be between the Queen of England
and the ex-King of Portugal, the same who refused the
Greek throne. The explanation of this marriage with King
Ferdinand is that he was uncle of Prince Albert, Queen Vic-
toria's late hemband." _ _ .

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, with
their usual consideration for their poorer neighbours and
dependents, gave the customary annual treat to the chit.
drat of the schools mainly supported by their liberality,
and to the pupils of the national and infant schools of
Brantford and Isleworth, yesterday, at Sion House, Brent-
ford. An entertainment of tea, plum cake, and buns was
provided on the lawn in front of Sion House for 600
children. The noble and gallant duke and the duchess
personally attended to many of the juvenile guests. Most
of the clergy and gentry of the surrounding districts at-
tended the invitation of the duke and duchess. A variety
of suitable amusements and a band of music were also pro-
vided for the recreation of the children. It was dark when
the children left the grounds, highly pleased with the
proceedings, "God save the Queen" being sung by them
collectively before finally leaving the ducal residence.
ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—It i 8 feared
that the illness of the Bishop of Oxford is of • somewhat
serious character. For many months fast his lordship has
been suffering from a severe affection o the throat, and he
has frequently been recommended to abstain from work,
but he has declined to do so, except when actually com-
pelled fora few days to desist. When spoken to by his
intimate friends on the subject, his reply has generally
been, "No, I cannot ; I have • great dal of work to do,
and very little time to do it in ;" and he has persevered in
his labours notwithstanding the dangers to which he knew
such a course exposed him. He is now in Switzerland, and
his friends are hopeful that he may derive benefit from the
change of climate and from • temporary caseation from
work.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUGUST 10.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs a copy of • notice issued by the Por-
tuguese Board of Health dechring the port of Santos, in
Brazil. to be free from yellow fever. —Ga-.ette.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. —lt seems scarcely
credible that after so many appeals for public assist-
ance and cooperation funds should still be toned
wasting by the Dean and Chapter to complete the
work of adornment of our metropolitan cathedral. Yet,
unfortunately, such at present is the fact, and whether it
arises from a reluctance on the part of those who are willing
to give to affix their names to what might appear an insuffi-
cient subscription, or from the too ready indifference of
others who regard the object as involving too costly an ex-
penditure to be accomplished, the work is comparatively at
a standstill. It would, however, be • reproach on a great
portion of the London community in particular, if any excuse
was now urged as a plea for non-compliance with the appeal
which ha. recently been advertised. It is true that many
wealthy individuals and companies in the City have sub-
scribed liberally towards the accomplishment of the work
intended, and it is equally true that for several years the
work of decoration and improvement in the interior of the
cathedral has been steadily progressing. St. Paul's is
I gradually growing into the magnificent edifice which its
I immortal architect designed, but the public must assist in
order to find the means wherewith to carry on these im-
provements to the end.
Moue MODEL BUILDINGS.—TiIe Metropolitan
Board of Works has assented to an application from Mr..l.
A. Mays, the secretary to the Improved Industrial Dwell-
ings Company (Limited), asking for leave to erect on a piece
of land close to the Great Northern Railway station,
Kiog's.crocia, several large blocks of dwellings, after the
model of those recently built for Mr. Aldermau Waterloo,
in Finsbury. The dwellings will comprise separate aud die
tint houses for about one hundred families.
Miss Rye's agents are prepared to tend out thirty
female domestic servants to Nelson, New Zealand, in Septem-
her. A personal interview is necessary in all miles and each
! person will be required to pay 41. towards her expenses.
Application are to be made at Miss Rye's law copying
office, 11, Portugal-street, Linooliesinn-fields.

SHOCKING MURDER AND SUICIDE AT
BETHNAL-GREEN.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, shortly after 12 o'clock, the inha-
bitants of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, were thrown into a
state of the utmost eicitemeot, in consequence of a most
brutal murder, and determined act of suicide by the
murderer.

It appears from what can be gleaned by the reporter,
that the dreadful tragedy took place at No. 4, Globe-street,
Globe-road, Bethnal-green. The house was occupied by •
weaver, named James Dopey, with his wife and three
children. They retired to rest shortly after 11 o'clock,
all lying in one room, and about midnight • cry
of " murder" was heard by Mr. Joseph English, the
landlord of the Florists' Arms Tavern, who was just about
to close. He ran to the front of the house. which was
nearly opposite, when screams of " Murder !" " Polite r
were distinctly heard. Several of the immediate neigh.
boars likewise rushed out of their dwellings and met the
elder eon, about 18 years of age, who exclaimed, "Oh,
pray come upstairs, my father has killed my mother !" Mr.
English proceeded to the apartment and discovered • most
1 fearful scene—the wife was lying upon • small bed in the
corner of the room, in her night-dress, with her throat cut
from ear to ear, and the bed-clothes were saturated with
blood. The other children were in • stets of the utmost
confusion, and the husband had made his escape
out of the house followed by one of the neigh-
boon. The deceased (Dopey) ran at foil speed
down Globe-street, in the direction of Victoria-park,
, where he succeeded in getting clear away. A
I messenger ran for • police officer, when Sergeant Feist, 163
K, who was near the spot, attended. He sent for Dr.
James Rolph, the divisional medical officer, of No. 237,
Bethnal-green-road, who promptly attended, and pronounced
life extinct. The wound in the front of the wife's neck wee
about six inches in length, and divided all the main arteries.
Death must have been instantaneous.

Several persons went in pursuit of the murderer, and
when they reached the Regent's-esuiel, near the chief
entrance of the perk, a mat and h►t were found lying on the
towiog-path. Information was given to the police-constable
on the beat, when he called Mr. Hassell, the lock-keeper,
who procured the drags, which were speedily put into requi.
sition to disoover the body of the murderer. It wee then about
half-past 12 o'clock, but the body was not recovered until
5 o'clock this morning. Mr. Rolph, the surgeon, ex-
amined the body on the towing path and found a frightful
gash in the front of the neck, which had been indicted
immediately before submersion. A razor besmeared with
blood was found in the deceased's pocket, and the weapon
(which wan handed to the police) wan found to be ono which
the deceased used to shave himself with at home.

The body of the detested woman still remains at the
home, but the body of the husband was removed to the dead-
house at the rear of Betbnal.green workhouse, to await the
inquest.
Mr. Burrows, the summoning officer of the district, pro-
ceeded to the hones at an early hour this morning, and
made inquiry. He interrogated the elder daughter, sod it
would appear that she slept on the door b the aide of her
parents, when she was soddenly by her father
stepping upon her. She sat op and beard a gurgling noise.
The deceased woman was struggling and exclaimed faintly,
" Oh, Henry, don't cut my throat." Her father wu partly
dressed, and placing the razor in his trousers pocket he ran
out of the house. . . . .

an morning from an early hour a large crowd of persons
collected in front of the house, and a number of police-
constables were in attendance.
The cause of the fearful set cannot at present be as.
certained, but the deceased man, who was 68 years of age,
had been subject to attacks of delirium. He was in full
employment, and although the house where the murder
war committed is very email, the place was clean and de.
coolly furnished.
Information was forwarded this day at noon to Mr. John
Humplueya, the coroner, who was holding an inquest at
Hackney, and the investigation will be opened to-morrow,
at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Bonner-road, Victoria-park.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

WEDNESDAY, AVOCET 12, 8 A.X.

la. lad D.I w. jr. Q. r. a. I.
Nairn '29.96 541 5 N.N.W. i 6 7 24 e
Abordeea -129.9: 56 7 W.N. W. 6 7 I 4 b
Ledth 30.04 58 6 W.B. W. S 4. 22 b 2
Shields
Scarborough— 3617 58. 6 W. 1I S 28 b— 1
Greencastle-- 3603 58' 3 S.S.W. 2 4: 30 e
Galway 180.14 56 1 7 ' !Z. o 1
Valentla
Queenstown . 3607 03 1 8. E. 2 5 28 e
Liverpool 30.1261, 6 W.O.W. 2 4. 28 c 2
Holyhead 40.68 69 2 B.W. 2 3. 22 c 2
Pembroke 30.1260 4 E.N.E. 1 28 1
Penzance !30.11 60 2 Z. 0 3! 82 b 2
Brest .30.08 61, 2 E. 3i 4 26 m 3
L'Orlent •30.04 59! 2 N.N.E. 1 2 S 22 b— 1
Rochefort '30.08 68 2 N.W. 4 4 26 b— 2
Plymouth 30.09 63 6 Z. 013! 26 2—• 1
Weymouth fin.• o eo; 5 N.E. 4 4 24 c
Portsmouth 30.00 02 7 N.E. i 3 4; 24 m
London -
Dover..
Yarmouth ;30.1060' 5 N. 13 i 4• 23 c
Heligoland !30.02 69! 4 . W.N.W. 4. 7 22 e —, 3
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to N.W., fresh, fine.
N.W. to S.W., mode- WLST CoArrs.
rate, fine.
B.S.W. to W.N.W., SorrEreoAns.

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N.W. to N.E. and to
S.E., moderate, fine.
W. to N. and N.E.,mo.
derate, One.
W. to N. and E., light,
moderate, fine.

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Ilitht to fresh. fine.
W.S.W. to N.N. W. and SOCTO-Wr. N.w. to Y.E. and to
N.N.E., variable, S.E., light, variable,
light, fine. tine.
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North.East=Calthnese to Norfolk. West = Donegal to Cogs-
well. glouth.Channel sad Bay Coasts. South-East.Stralt
Dover to Norfolk.

FIRMA -VD LOss OF LIFE.—(THIS DAY.)-Between
the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, a calamitous
fire, which was attended with fatal results to one
happened in the premises occupied by Mr. William person,
Brown,
Keppel-street, King's-road, Chelsea. It appears that
the police-constable on the beat had his attention called to
the house by bearing violent screams proceeding therefrom.
He hastened to the spot, when he found sundry persons
emerging from the building in their nightclothes. He
sent off for the Royal Society's escapes, and two promptly
attended, as well as several engines. During the interval
some of the neighbours had forced their way into tbe first floor,
when they beheld a shocking sight. In the front room a
table was burning, and in the midst of the flames was an
unfortunate man, unable to move one way or the other. In
fact, he seemed to be quite insensible. The tire was quickly
extinguished, when he was found to be frightfully burned.
A medical gentleman was sent for, hut life was extinct. De-
ceased was 08 years of age—A very alarming fire, which wry
well nigh attended with the most disestrons re-
suite to human life, happened in the extensive premises
belonging to Mr. A. Goldsmith, an oil and colour-
man, carrying on business at No. 84, Whitechapel-road.
The tire was not extioguished until the stock-in-trade
was destroyed and the upper p cart of the house considerably
damaged by heat and smoke. The origin of the tire is un-
known. Fortunately Mr. Goldsmith was insured in the
Atlas, from which office Mr. Hodson attended to take
charge of the salvage.
AcCIDENT ON THE METItoroEITAN RAILWAY.
(THIS Ihay.)—This morning, shortly before 10 o'clock, an
accident which for some time caused a great deal of excite-
ment amongst the pa ssengeis uocurred at the Gower-street
station by one of the trains running off the line. It is un-
derstood that this was caused by the narrow gauge, which
was worked for the first time yesterday, not being in such
good order as the broad gangs, which has been worked since
the opening of the line. Number. of the passeogers at the
other stations hail to leave, as they could not wait until the
line was cleared. After a short delsy the engine was got on
the metal; and the onlioary traffic was resumed.
PROPOSED CATHOLIC REFoRtIAToRY SHIP FOR THE
blzasEr.—A number of the leading catholies of Liverpool
and its district Ireton Monday evening at the Concert-hall,
Lord Nelson-street, to consider the advisability of establish-
ing a catholic reformatory en the plan of the present re-
formatory ship Akbar, moored in the Mersey. Sir Robert
Gerard presided, and the meeting was addressed by Mr.
Aspinall, Q.C., Recorder of Liverpool, Mr. W. Blundell,
Mr. R. Shell, and others. Ultimately resolutions
were adopted to establish a reformatory, and also a yearly
fund to nowt the expenses which would be involved beyond
the government gtant. The chairman intimated that after
a man of-war had been obtained 1,000/. would be a suffi-
cient sum to convert it into a reforma•ory. During the pro-
ceedings a letter was read from Mr. T. S. Rattles to the effect
that the establishment of a catholic reformatory would
relieve him from • difficulty which he had often felt in
dealing with criminals of the Roman catholic faith. Before
the meeting closed subscriptions to the extent of upwards
of 700 f. were received.
GREAT WINDsTORII IN PliC,tilA.—On the after-
noon of the rith inst., between 4 and ri o'clock, a storm of
wind, accompanied with a noise like thunder, burst on the
village of Sierveeich, in Rhenish Prussia. The storm was
of unprecedented violence. It came from a westerly
direction, and extended over a course of about 250 feet in
width. Immense damage was done to the fruit trees in
the fields, and also to the forest of Marienburg. Men
saved themselves and their animals with the greatest
difficulty, but agricultural implements, fruit waggons, and
carts were completely destroyed. Fruit trees wero lifted
so high in the air that they looked like a lot of black crows,
and were afterward, found at a distance of more than two
miles. One of the poor inhabitants, who had grown about
a quarter of an acre of barley, was loft without a single
sheaf of it, for all was arried away by the storm. The
tornado was quite as merciless' in the forest of Marienholz,
for here many oak trees were uprooted. many others were
broken in two, while meet were stripped of branches and
foliage. The storm raged with similar force in the Rusin',
chen circle. and did considerable damage there.