The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1862.

2m. Socrates, Sharper, Smoke, St. Clarence, Venerstor,
Wreath: mar, Walpole, Wild peek, Bolero, Gleam,
Boatewaie, Leidy Louisa. lieddington, Turn of Lock,
Sister to Her Highness, Sister to Allington, Jack of Heir*
Richard. Devotes. St. Urns*** M. Philippe. Rearm,
Lord in Waiting. Mies Emma, Juliet, Remunerator, lore.
taus, Soothsayer. Peignoir. Lord of the Minor, Miss
Liviogstoos, Gipsy Girl, Headsman, Prairie Hen filly,
Squire perm, Warminster, Senorita colt, Coalition Ally,
Tornido, Curie, Smiled, Bedonin, Maid of Honour, Free-
holder. Campadown, Bandage. Herald, Vsmoeuver, Amelia,
Fantail, Erin-go-Bragh, Paradox, Airdale, Lemma. Prince
Edward, Witeldire, Lady Peel, Flake, Knight of the Bath,
Whelk., Mathes, Newchnrcb. Team me Not, Yorkmin-
ster, Eatreinet, Nawadals, limper, Humming, Michel
Grove, Graeae, Annette, Witch ofr &dot, and Was Vivian.

LATESr BETTING.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARKS.
6 to 1 abet Aurelian (t)
11 to 1 Dictator (t)
100 to 7 Limonina (t)
100 to 7 Clariata, 4 yre (t)
20 to 1 Umpire (t)
20 to 1 Myrtle (t)
25 to 1 Queen of Spain (t)
25 to 1 Bathilde (1)
3:1 to 1 Hartiogtoo (t)
50 to 1 Lady
50 to 1 Oberon (Rippe (t)
)
50 to 1 Agag (t)
50 to 1 Interview. (t)

There is a greater influx of visitors than for many years,
and the arrival of horses unusually large. The ground is
heavy, owing to the continued rain dune; the past week
and the early part of Sunday, but at the time our parcel left
the weather was fine, with every appearance of its conti-
nuing so.

A Fan Balance" SteggP•TAlrig of 20 NM. each, b ft ;
winners of a handicap after the weights are published
(Oct. 21, at 9 a.m.), 71b extra. T.Y.C.
Age e I Age t 1
lady Clitden
Thunderbolt 6 1 GUNN' 3
Frarola
Betty
Mendell&
Bertha
Welland ' 3 1 Peignoir
Black Lily
Queen of dr Tale .. 6 ilungertord
W sterwiteh
Hesper. .
Fiat Sham 4 Astarte
copernicva . 4 Bolero $
Fits Avon
King of the hart .. • Knight of the Bath 3 U
Miss Julia
My glary 3 Otho s 12
Flirtation s a Bernice
Myrtle 4 Olive Branch S 11
Zero 6 Senisinha
Venetia
Nemesia 6 1 Pupil
Humphrey $
1 Tuberose $ y
&Wools
Blnthill
Ace of Chas 8 12 Pliot s g
Alchymlat
Leonora
Moorhen 6 U Lord Clyde ll 0
Aeon _
..
__ _ _ 4 11 Walpple $ 13

Lord of the Manor .. 6 7 1 latzikla 3 611
Parasite
Lopcatcber
nehmen°
in
59
6 10
7
Fig 3 7 Aroma 3 5 9
Confectioner 6 7 Maytlmwea 3 6 7
Tießrahminne Ipho
C lje ItatagJan—ran-
3 5 7
Lady 4
7 Derby
Sage

—Aoceptanom to bo abraitied to Mews. Weatherby, at
Newmarket, or at tisk office to London, by noon this day
(Monday).

Lab) intellignue.

MITROFOLITAN COUNTY COURTB.
Bitting days appointed for the present week.
Winnaterist, St. Martin's-lane.—Monday. Oct. S 7: Tuesday,
28 ; Wednesday, 29: Thursday. 30: Fridmy, 31.
BLOoIuIRORT. Portland-road.—Wednmday, Oct. 29: Thursday,
30 . Friday, 31.
MARTLIMONI, Ilarylebone-road.—Thursday, Oct. 90; Friday,
31.
BitonFron, WhiteheaTsgrove.—Monday, Oct. 77.
BRENTFORD.—Tueaday. Oct. at
etlrUtsionsl.l., Duncan-terrace.—Tuesday, Oct. 28 ; Wednes-
day. 19 . Friday. 31
8110REM10EL Oltintreet-road.—Monday, Oct. 27, Tuesday, 26 ;
Thursday, 93.
Bow, how.road.—Friday, Oct. N.
WarricrtAriu Great Frescotatreet. Tuesday, Oct. 28 ;
Thursday, 30 ; Friday, 31.
SotrtirwAßl, tranntreet.—Tuesday, Oct. 28: Thursday, 30;
Friday, 31.
LANRITH, Camberwell New-med.—Friday, Oct. 3L
ORRIMWICIL—Wedaeaday, Oct. 29.
WOOLWICIL—Thariday, Oct. 30.
err! OF LoyDoN, OuildhaU-baildinips.—Monday, Oct. 27 ;
Tssadsy„ 28; Wednesday, 29.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT —MOnday, Oct. 27.

COURT OF BANKRUPTOY.—Ocr. 25.
(Before Mr. Registrar MARL)
IN HZ PAUL JERRARD.

The bankrupt was a printeeller, in Fleet-street, trading
under the firm of " Paul Jerrard and Son." This was the
first sitting. The liabilities are stated at about 4,C00/. ; the
assets, which are said to be considerable, will depend on the
realisation of the stock. The bankrupt attributes his failure
to a fire which occurred on his premises some three or four
years ego, whereby he incurred a loss of 4,0001.

be collected, but itwastaltisaately decided that an adjourn•
meot of the veetry should take place uutil the magistrate's
opinion was obtained. . .

Mr. Belfe—The majority of the vestry have decided
lift a few yards front Yr. Creighton, the overseers
thanked the magistrate and retired.

THE LATE CATHERINE WILSON.

The following is a copy of the statement of her
eats drawn up by the prisoner herself a few days before her
execution, and transmitted to the Rome Secretary to be
laid before her Majesty, imploring the clemency of the
crown. The expressions made use of are the prisoner's
own, and the document was written in a firm legible band,
and there were merely a few Nom in the spelling.
- _

"To her Mast Gracious Majesty.—l most humbly beg
your Majesty's pardon for the liberty I have taken in seta-
mg this paper, and cure your Majesty's moat merciful con- '
sicleration of my case. lam now lying under sentence of
death for the dreadful crime of murder by poisouiog, which
I solemnly declare lam innocent of. lam very deaf, and
was unable to hear any of the evidence upon my trial—
therefore could not contradict anything that was said. I
have been in prison six months, and unable to get the evi-
dence to come forward on my behalf for want of means,
my means being all exhausted ; and yet, without one
nese, there has never been proved one person or pleas I had
ever had poison of, nor that I bad ever had poison in my
poseession. One witness says I told her the day of the
death of Mrs. Seamed the death was not a natural one, for
Mrs. Staines had taken poison in my room on the Wednes-
day n 4 ht before, yet this witness, though a friend of the
family's for six years before, living with the daughters two
years afterwards, never named it to anybody till now, six
years afterwards, when I am tried for my life, then comes
forward to say I told her this, which I never did.
Then OMNI another witness and friend of the family
for twenty years, who declares I told her there would
be a letter come to the house on the Monday. She says
I told her this on the Sunday before the letter came,
yet before this letter did come it was never told to Mr.
Barnes, Mn. Soames's brother, nor her two daughter',
nor any one else until my trial. I never did tell either of
those witnessed, anything of the kind. How strange those
two women should be friends of the family both before and
after death. When the inquest was held not a word was
ever said by either of the parties what I had said. No, be-
cause I had never said anything of the kind to them. Mrs.
Hawkshaw, a niece of Mrs. Soamee, was in attendance upon
her most all the time on the Thursday„ and Thursday night
she attended her alone ; not until Friday, and Friday night
did I attend and sit up with the daughter until she died.
Mrs. Hawkshaw was sent by her aunt to buy the penny
stamp paper to give me for to show that I had lent Mrs.
Scams 10/. it was wrote every wordby Mrs.Scemes herself.
It was never disputed by the family or said one word against
until now, six years afterwards, yet this witness was not
called. Mrs. Soames's circumstanced were not good, and
she could not meet her tradesmen's bills. She belonged to
• building society ; she had a certain sum of money to pay
every week, and to pay that with she always had to pledge
her property. The two daughters say they never knew
their mother to lend me any money, and I always paid my
rent every week, Its. Gd. I could have no motive for taking
this ...r woman's life. It was known by the witnesses
that . Soames thought of marrying again to better her
circumstances to a man I had frequently beard her talk of,
but I never saw. The letters produced in court • day or two
after the deathof Mrs. &antes came to the house. Two people
is called to say they believe it to be wrote by me, although in • I
disguised hand. When asked if everthey saw me write, one says '
he never saw me write, the other says he saw me write seven
years ago. Neither of these two men never saw me write in
their lives. lam sure I did not write that letter. A part
of it was torn away. A false report has been cireulakd in
the papers that I understood the nature of medicine, for I
bad lived with • Dr. Mower, of Boston, which ',never did,
nor was there a Dr. Mower living there at any time. All
this proved very injurious to me. Every person that I have
attended upon, and done my best for, those that have died,
has been exhumed and nothing found in them like poison,
or any poison traced to my possession, or any doctor says
anything against me except one, whose evidence is false, and
yet I am condemned to die. I, therefore, through (throw)
myself on your Majesty's most merciful consideration, and
pray to God to be more merciful than man.—l remain your
Mayfly's most humble servant,
"CATHERINE WILSON."

TEE BROW HEAVY GALES.

The moot disastrous accounts of the effect of the
late heavy gales continue to be received. In addition to
the sad havoc which he. been carried on the shores of the
United Kingdom, a long catalogue of disasters has come in ,
hom the north coot of Europe. Up to Saturday no
fewer than upwards of 100 wrecks and more than 500
casualties attended with a great sacrifice of life bad been re
ported on Lloyds' books during the week. There was shill
in the violence of the weather in the course of Thursday,
, hut late on Saturday evening the wind again cares on to
blow strong, and it is feared must have told with serious
edict Imo' the shipping which had ventured out of port.
Several homeward boned ships, which have succeeded in
reaching Falmouth and other western ports, report having
experienced the most terrific weather in the chops of the
Channel, Red some of the vessels to maps foundering had
to throw cargo overboard. By the Speculant, which arrived
at Falmouth on Saturday, intelligence bag been received of
the abandonment of the brig Token, of Dartmouth, bound
from Belize, with • cargo of mahogany, to Queenstown, and
melancholy to relate the captain and twelve of the crew are ,
reported to have been drowned. The rest of the hands were
rescued by the Speculant,which has brought them to Eaglaed.
Later telegrams speak of considerable damage amongst the
colliers and other coasters navigating the North Sea. A
large barque called the Atlantic, belonging to Weymouth. !
bound to Sunderland from Houtletir' was driven as at
Thiated. The Dutch and Knish potty furnish a long list of
disasters, the gale having raged on that line of coast with
great fury, accompanied in some parts b thunder and light-
ning. Some of the cattle steamers had to put back with a
considerable loas of their live cargoes. The timber laden
ships appear to have been particularly unfortunate in wea-
thering the gale, and a fleet of vessels from the Baltic have
had to put into Chriatiansaad and other ports, all more or
leas damaged. Great fears were entertained for the safety
of the steamers trading from London and Hull to the
northern continental ports, but it appears that they all
have been accounted for, although some of them have had •
very narrow escape.