The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-22 00:00:00

bt Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Fn. W.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
PriSMI Lamle, Primer &Woe, Prises Leopold. and
Primes HA=lobe, left Debora* to-day at 11 o'clock,
ant.* at Wisdom Onels at 25 admits, pelt 2 p.m.,
attended by the Oast= al Oaledou (Lady in Writhed.
the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hoe. Harriet Phipps (Maid of
Honour), Lieutenant-General the Hon. 0. Grey, Major-
Denerel Seymour, Celonel the Boa. 81r 0. B. nine, Dr.
Holzman, sad Mr. Buff.

Frs. 24

Prinoe Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived
yesterday afternoon from Greenwich Park.
Sir George Grey also arrived, and had an audience of the
Qum.
Viscounts.' Jocelyn has eucoeeded the Countess of Cale*
don as Lady in Waiting.
The Hon. Horatia Stop( ord has arrived as Maid of
Honour.
Lord Cremorne and Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish are
the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.
The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess
Beatrice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Hoban-
lobe, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended
Divine service this morning in the private chapel.
The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trmsury,
in Downing-street. The miniskors present were
Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey,
Earl Russell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of
Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of
.wley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers.

Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial.
once from the Governor of Canada. Dispatches were sent
to the Governors of the North American provinces and
Bermuda.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALES
AT HASTINGS.

ST. LEONARDS-ON-ElEal, Fn. 19.
The Prince of Wales hunted yeeterday with the Bexhill
barien.
The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Bon.
Mn. Ooke.

SUNDAY.

The Prime and Primers of Wiles attended Divias
service this morning at St. Leonard's Church. The
church was crowded notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather. The Rev. R. Workman, incumbent minister of
the church, preached from Nam :mil. v. 11, " There is
sprung up a light for the righteous, ►nd joyful gladness for
such as are true-hearted."

The Prince of Wales returned with the Prinam from
church, and presently afterwards left the Royal Victoria
Hotel, scoompanied by Major Teesdale and the Hon. R.
Meade, almost unobserved, for an hour's walk on the
beach.

If the weather prove sufficiently favourable, the Prince
of Wales will hunt with t►e East Sussex foxhoanda to-
mcerow. The meet will take place at Crowbars; Park,
the seat of Mr. T. Papillon, about four miles N.W. of St.
Leonard's.

As at present arranged, their royal highnowee and suite
will lean here on Tuesday about noon, for Marlborough
House. They will travel by the South-Eastern Railway to
the Chasing-ems terminus.

Her Royal Highness the Ducheee of Cambridge
had a diaper party on Saturday evening at the royal
duchess's residence in the Ambassadors' Court, St. James's
Palace.

The Duchess of Somerset will have a dancing
party at the Admiralty on Wednesday next.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary will honour the Countess of
Fife with their presence on Wednesday next, to witness the
tableaux r ;rants.

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[GINCE.

The Countess of Derby will give a aeries of
evening pasties altar Essig; at the family mansion, is St.
Jamee's-equare.

41.1
visavra's wasams.)
THE DEMOLITION OF THE DANNZIVIRKE.

Viscountess Jocelyn left town for Windsor on
Saturday, to enter on ha duties as lady in waiting to the
QUIIOII.

Lord and Lady Palmerston entertained his Excel-
lency the French Ambsaeador and a salmi party at dinner
on Saturday evening, previous to Lady Palmaeston's usual
reoeptiom which was brilliantly attended. It was remarked
that both the Austrian and Prussian Ambeasaders were
absent.

The Queen has presented the Rey. Robert
Francis Colvin to the church and parish of St. Leonardo,
ia the prmbyters of St. Andrews, in the room of the Rev.
Dr. Cooke, resigned.

81X8WIG, F. 21.

One hundred sappers have arrived here, and
forthwith commenced the racing of the Deane-
werire.

Four hundred labourer are wiaiating in the work
of demolition.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE WURZBURG
CONFERENCE.
WITRZBURG, Fla. 22.

Dublin had once a considerable trade in ship-
building, bet, from various causes, it gradually decayed.
Considerable local interest is therefore felt in the operations
of an extensive shipbuilding firm which has recently com-
menced operations at the end of the North Wall, and on
Wednesday next his excellency will be present at the launch
of an iron vessel from their yard—the first built in it—of
2,200 tons borthen. The ground on which the ships, work-
shops, kc., stand has all been rescued from the se —a work
in itself requiring a large outlay of capital and great energy.
The Earl of Carlisle will be entertained by the Mears. Bew-
ley, Walpole, and Webb, along with a large sesemblags of
visitors, at a grand dejegmer after the launch.

The conference of Ministers held in this city has
agreed to the proposition of Saxony that the minor
States should be united in their attitude, in the
event of the great German powers endeavouring to
withdraw forcibly from the Federal Diet the right of
disposing of Holstein.
It was also resolved not to sanction any conven-
tion affecting the rights of the duchies, and that
the Federal Diet alone has to decide on the succes-
sion question.

The Conference further resolved that more
Federal troops should be sent to secure Holstein,
and that preparations be made for the mobilisation
of the armies of the minor States.

GREAT FALL OF SNOW IN FRANCS.
PARIS, Fn. 22.

EXECUTION OF THE " FLOWERY
LAND" PIRATES.-(THIS DAY.)

It would be a difficult task adequately to describe
the excitement that prevailed this morning in the
neighbourhood of Newgate. A good many persons
were waiting about the whole of the night, but the
crowd was by no means extensive until the near
approach of the time fixed for the execution-8
o'clock. At that hour there was an enormous as-
semblage. The arrangements made by the sheriffs
to prevent mischief were, however, of such an ad-
mirable
character, that the execution passed off
without any accident. A large number of the City
and Metropolitan police were in attendance, and
they materially aided in preventing any disorder. 1

The crime for which the wretched men suffered
has been so frequently alluded-to, and all the cir-
cumstances must be so fresh in the recollection of
the public, that it will be suffioent to say that the
prisoners wares portion of the crew of a merchant
vessel called the Mowery Land ; that while on a
voyage to Singapore they mutinied, and murdered
the captain and five other persona, and when they
were near the land they scuttled the ship, and
she and the whole of the valuable cargo were totally
lost.

Telegrams received here announoe that enormous
quantities of snow have fallen in the departments of
Herault, Ande, Ardeche, Rhone and Drome, and
that the railway traffic is interrupted in conse-
quence.

One decidedly Anglo-Saxon institution, the pop-
lar lecture on matters of literature and science, seems to
be taking root in Turin. Lectures of this kind are now
given twice a week in the Chemical Theatre of the Lyceum,
and the Turineee of both sexes sock in great numbers to
hear inch men as If oleschotti Govt, Matteucci, Berti, de
Filippi, and Brofferio, discoursing in an easy and familiar
style on the topic. upon which their own reputations are
founded. The price of admission is lfr. Similar lectures
will shortly be opened for the working climes, at the new
Temperance Society, which is now beginning to work in

PORTUGAL

LISBON. Fn. 15.

It is stated that Senhor Antonio Jose d'Avila
lately elevated to the peerage under the title of
Count d'Avila, will be sent to Paris as Minister
Plenipotentiary, the Viscount de Paiva being
transferred to Madrid ; Senhor &vend, the
minister at Madrid, to remain for the present out
of office. It is also added that the Duke de
Saldanha, at present ambassador at Rome, will be
transferred to London.
Senhor Carlos Ramiro Continbo has been created
Baron de Barcellinhoe. It is said that other nomi-
nations are about to be made.

It has already been stated that the prisoners
since their conviction hl',e behaved very well, and
have appeared to be penitent. Their names were
John Lyons, or Leon, 22, Francisco Blanoo, 23,
Ambrosio or Mauricio Duranna, 25, Miguel Lopez,
or The Catalan, 22, and Marcus Wetter, 23. The first
four mentioned were black men, natives of Manilla,
and Natter is a Greek. Since they have been
under sentence of death the four first-named pri•
Boners have been constantly attended by the Rev.
Father Louis, a Roman catholic priest, and Natter
by M. Morfinos, a Greek priest. These gentlemen
were with the convicts from an early hour
this morning, and remained with them until the
last moment. All the prisoners were stated to have
been exceedingly penitent, and to have admitted
their guilt. Natter, in particular, expressed his
deep sorrow for the act iu which he was concerned,
and he has repeatedly stated to his spiritual adviser
that he was very happy to find himself in a
Christian country, and that if he had been
in Turkey he would have been tortured be-
fore his death. He has also often said that
he has dreamed in the night that he was
in Turkey, and has fancied that he was undergoing
torture, and that when he awoke he felt happy to
find that it was only a dream. He has repeatedly
expressed his gratitude for the fair trial he had,
and for the kindness he received at the hands of
the authorities of the prison.

The well-known Hotel de Drouot, at Paris,
where all articles of vertu are brought to the hammer, was
on Friday crowded with more than " twenty-four fidcUers,
all of a row." The great object of attraction was a Strad--
nariss violin placed under a crystal dome, and mid to be
on. of the finest instruments of that great maker. The
violin belonged originally to an illustrious member of the
Medici family ; it then passed into the hands of German
and French players, and was known to have been one of the
violins which assisted, as the French say, at the quartet. of
Haydn, Monet, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. It was cow
sold for 5.7431 r.; nearly 2401.

The Diario publishes the decree giving the con-
cession to the Portugal Iron and Coal Company.

The execution of five prisoners at one time being
altogether an exceptional circumstance at this gaol,
it may naturally be imagined that the occurrence
caused a great deal of anxiety to the officials, par-
ticularly as it was known that the culprits were most
desperate and determined fellows, and there was no
knowing what act of desperation they might be
tempted to commit. Every precaution was, how-
ever, taken. The prisoners have bad no oppor-
tunity of communicating with each other until
this morning, when they were allowed to be toge-
ther for a short time. They all exhibited some
emotion, and each asked the other's pardon for any
wrong or injury he might have done him. This
was all that occurred, and the prisoners were then
taken back to their cells.

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THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Honourable
the Speaker gave Ids second parliamentary full dress dinner,
on the evening of Saturday last, February 20, to the fol•
lowing noblemen and gentlemen :—Mr. Dung, Lord
Henry Llano:, Lord John Manners, Lord Stanley, Lord
Naas, Lord Newport, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Frederick
Lygos, Mr. Gerard Noel, Sir John Paltin, Mr. Spencer
Walpole , Mr. J. W. Henley, Mr. SOleron.Faiteourt,
General Peel, Mr. Adderlyr, Mr. J. R. Mowbray, Sir E.
&awe Lyttoo, Bart., Sir William Jolliffe, Bag, Sir
Fitzroy Kelly, Sir Hugh Cairns, Colonel Dunne, Mr. SOT-
motif Fitzgerald, Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. George, Colonel
Taylor, Mr. W. Knight, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Mr. D.
Mare, Mr. Blackburne, Rev. Charles Swivel/ M.A.,
chaplain, sad Mr. Alfred Denison, private secretary.
" 1 Vito SHOT THE CAMEL ("—One of the party
had been unfortunate enough to shoot a cow in mistake for
a lion—a crime which I can now understand, as I woe very
near becoming an accessory to a repetition of it a short time
afterwards; and an allusion to that accident led to the
query, "Who shot the camel r This, it appeared, refer.
red to a mishap of recent occurrence. The bunter in ques-
tion had been applied to by some Arabs to rid them of • lion
in their neighbourhood that was becoming rather trouble.
some. lie was sitting in the tent of the sheikh over the
evezing kooskous when en Arab rushed in with the Dews
that be had just seen the lion lying under a tree not far off.
Of course he immediately repaired to the spot. and. ap-
proaching stealthily, perceived a bugs tawny animal, with
• massive hairy head. There could be no doubt about it.
There he was indolently lounging, getting up his appetite,
and debating in his own mind whether he should hare a
cow or only • sheep, and • goat to follow. His flank, toe,
was temptingly exposed ; so oar chastiser, crawling nearer,
deftly planted a ball in the proper spot, jest behind the
shoulder. A hideous bellow answered the shot, and a fine
camel struggled out into the moonlight, and presently died
in uncouth CODTUWOUL The bred and peck bad been cot.
coaled by the trunk of the tree, and it was the hump, with
its fringe of shaggy hair, that had repremoted the head and
mean of the line. To complete the tragedy, the murdered
beast proved to be the property of the Arab who had given
the information. —Freser's Afaciii.-siic for February,

The Sheriffs, Messrs. Nissen and Cave, and the
under-sheriffs, Messrs. Nicholson and Gammon,
arrived at the prison about half-past 7 o'clock. In
consequence of the crowd in the Old Bailey, • pri-
vate entrance to the court-house was made, by the
permission of the authorities of St Paul's Cathe-
dral, in Paternoster-row.
Shortly before 8 o'clock the Sheriffs and their
deputies, accompanied by Mr. Jonas, the governor'
of the prison ; Mr. Humphreys, the chief warder ;1
and other officials, proceeded to the corridor in
which the prisoners were confined. They were all
confined separately, and each was brought out of
his cell alone to be pinioned. Matter was the first
who was brought out. He did not betray the
slightest emotion, but held up his arms in the most
convenient form for the executioner to pinion him,
and he smiled while that ceremony was being
performed. He then wished to speak to
Thomas, one of the warders, who had been in
charge of him, and he expressed a desire to kiss
him, but on being informed that this was contrary
to English custom be desisted, and shook him cor-
dially by the hand. This prisoner was then taken
back to his cell. The next prisoner that was brought
out to be pinioned was Loper- Before he was
pinioned he was asked if he had anything to say,
and he replied, " No." When the handkerchief
was taken from his neck he laid hold of it, and on
being asked what he wished done with it, he re-
quested that it might be put into his pocket, and
this was done.

The third prisoner was Duranna, and he also
submitted to the ceremon)• of pinioning without
making any observation. Hs bad a small crucifix
attached to his neck by a chain, and be took it
into his band, and wished it might be allowed to
remain there.

Francisco Blanco was the fourth prisoner. He
did not make any remark while he was being
pinioned.
The fifth and last prisoner was John Lyons.
He had been suffering from rheumatism, but he
has very much improved in health since he has been
in prison. After he had been pinioned, the same
question was put to him that had been put to the
others, whether he wished to say anything ; and
he replied that it was true he had been guilty of
what he was charged with, but he did not think he
had done enough to lose his own life. These were
the only words uttered by any of the prisoners;
and after the pinioning had been completed, they
remained in their cells until close to the fatal hour.
Each of the culprits was then taken to a corridor
adjoining the scaffold, where they were seated upon
a bench. Blanco, who was considered the strongest
man among them, and to be possessed of the moat
muscular power, was the first placed upon the scaf-
fold ; but when the rope had been placed round his
neck, his powers seemed suddenly to give way,
and it was found necessary to place a stool for
him to sit upon until the drop fell. Wet-
ter was the next, then Duranna, and the
two prisoners last to mount the scaffold
were Lopez and Lyons. It was a trying
moment for these two wretched men to see
their companions in guilt removed from'
them in this manner, and the fortitude of Lopez,
who had at first exhibited some slight symptoms
of bravado, seemed to leave him entirely. He
first asked for water and then for brandy, and a
small portion of the latter was given to him, which
he drank eagerly, and this appeared to revive bim
to some extent. Lyons also said he should like a
little brandy, and about half a wine glass full was
given to him, which he gulped down. By this time
the other culprits had been placed in their position
upon the scaffold, and Lopez was taken away from
Lyons, who was now left alone. He gazed vacantly
at the bench from whence his companions had been '
removed, and in a few seconds he was called upon
to take his place upon the scaffold.
It is needless to say that the moment the cul-
prits made their appearance they were greeted with
• volley of discordant yells, but the uproar was not
nearly so great as might have been anticipated.
The preparations were very quickly completed
after the noose had been placed round the neck of
the last culprit, and the drop fell almost imme-
diately. Although the scaffold had undergone con-
siderable alteration, the apparatus appeared to
work exceedingly well, and all the culprit., except
Lopez, who struggled for a few seconds, appeared
to be dead almost immediately.
The bodice, after banging the usual time (one
hour), were cut down and placed in shells, and Mr.
Gibson, the surgeon of the prison, made the formal
notification to the sheriffs that the sentence of

THE EXPREBB,, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1864.

death had been carried out. They will be buried
in the course of the day within the prison.
THE SCENE OUTSIDE THE GAOL
A. early as 12 o'clock last night large crowds of
people bed assembled at the Newgatestreet end of the Old
Bailey, intent on securing a good position for the speared*
and every hour largely added to their number, until by 6
o'clock this morning the whole etreet, from end to end, wan
filled, or rather packed, with a dense and miscellaneous crowd,
amongst whom ware observable several thousand sailors,
many being accompanied by " unfortunates " belonging
to Ratcliffshithway and neighbourhood. These for the
most part had arrived early, and formed a dense throng
around and in front of the scaffold, which wee brought oat
and placed in position about 3 o'clock in the morn-
ing, amidst the yelling, and hooting, of the crowd.
Itimant madam of coifs,, routed chonnhis baked
potatoes, peppermint drops, and veravians plied • roaring
trade, and their cries, mingling with the hooting' and shoats
of the mob, had something terrible in the darkness of
the night. By 5 o'clock the " parties " which had bean
made up to witness the execution from the windows and
roofs of the houses opposite the pal, and for which
enormous prices were charged, varying from 5 to 20
guineas, began to arrive and take up their potations,
and some ribald chaffing commenced between the coon-
pants of those windows and the roughs in the crowd below.
AA daylight dawned the crowds became, if pomible, more
douse than before, and every thoroughfare leading to the
place of execution was thronged with people. A great many
men connected with the London City Minion and other
religious bodies now appeared, and began the delivery of
tracts, extempore prayers, and hymns, &c., which for the
most part were received with shouts of derision by
the mob ; but undeterred, the missionaries persevered in
their work. The pickpockets mustered in strong force, and
as there was a much larger proportion than usual of decent
and well-dreamed persons in the crowd, appeared to be
driving a profitable trade. At 6 o'clock 490 men of the
City polio", 100 of which body had already taken op a posi-
tion round the scaffold, were marched to the Old Bailey,
and placed in charge of the various barriers and at other
paints where the pressure of the crowd was likely to be se-
vere. The outskirts of the courts and the streets adjacent
were ►ttended to by • strong body of the Metropolitan
police, and the mounted patrols belonging to the P and
S divisions, whose services had been sought by the City
authorities, sod not without oemeion, as events proved.
At 7 o'clock the Old Bailey had become filled to re-
pletion, and Ludgate-hill, Newpte-street, Snow-hill,
and 011tepuretrest--indeed, every point where the
slightest glimpse of the scaffold could be obtained, was
also blocked up with people, and the traffic was entirely
suspended from that hour until 9 o'clock. The windows of
the hones in the Old Bailey, as also the roofs, became
crowded, and all eyes were eagerly strained towards the
scaffold. Cslcraft was now making his preparations on the
scaffold, which was fringed with black cloth sufficiently
high to screen the bodies of the men when they were sus-
pended. The hoarse murmur of the crowd was heard at
some distance, and had an effect at once solemn and ter-
rible. As the clock of St. Sepulchre struck 8, the excite-
ment in the immense mass of people beanie intense ; for
a moment or two a stillness prevailed, broken at last by the
cry of " Hats of!" The prison officials hue made their
appearance, and were immediately followed by one of the
condemned men, who ran up on the scaffold with a light
'springy step. He was followed in succession by his four
comrades, the last, Lyons, having to be carried to the
scaffold on • chair, while sitting on which the rope was ad-
justed round his neck. Either from extreme debility or
faintness he twice swayed off the chair while the clergyman
was fulfilling his last duties. The drop fell amidst an
appalling shout from the thousands upon thousands of
people present. Owing to the arrangements made by the
authorities, and the 'somber of police, there was no serious
accident, louse of shoes, hate, shawls, kc., being amongst
the principal curnaltisi. There was an immense number
of females present. It was nearly 10 o'clock before the
streets became sufficiently clear to allow of traffic being
resumed.

Now the London Goffes Roue, Ludgate-hill, a singular
incident was noted. Four young men were walking to and
fro, provided with hymn-books, from which they sung cer-
tain passages. In the same locality • speculation
was remarked which will doubtless prove remunerative
to the publisher who suggested the idea. A number of
boys were stationed in the roadway, armed with a public*.
tioa printed in yellow covers, and giving vent with their
stentorian lungs to " ' Tame of the Pirates ; or, the Adven-
tures at Sea,' only a penny." The inference drawn from
this announcement was • relationship with the murderer;
but the publication was found to be nothing more than the
commencement of an old tale " to be continued."

The respite of the two culprits, Marchelino
Sento. Croix, which is the prisoner'. real name, and Baailio
de los Santos, is, it appears, chiefly to be attributed to the
exertions of Mr. Beard, the solicitor, who defended the
on their trial, and the Spanish consul, who have
C:ps
unremittinge in their endeaveurs to urge upon Sir G.
Grey the favourable poiots in their case, The memorial
that was transmitted to the Home-office, and which was
signed by the prisoners, by their attorney, and by the Spanish
consul, and a small portion of the jury, the remainder of
that body declining to do so upon the ground that they
considered those prancers quite as guilty as their com-
panions, est forth in the first place that all the evidence,
and also the statements of the other culprits, negatived the
fact of them two prisoners being meant when the captain
or any of the unhappy renews oa board the Flowery Land
lost their lives. Another ground was that the only piece of
evidence that in any way implicated Marchelino was his
own admission that he had struck the ciarpeuter Andaman
when he was attempting to assist the chief mate, and the
memorial referred to various point. in the evidence, which
it was urged confirmed the view taken by the legal adviser of
the prisoners, thatneither Ilarchelinonor Los Santa had any
thing to do with the murder. The memorial was under
consideration at the Home-office for more than a week, and
it was not until Friday, when the arrangements had been
completed for the execution of the whole of the culprits,
that a deoisioa was arrived at that the lives of these two
might be spared, and a communication to that effect was
mat from the Home-office t. Mr. Beard, and Mr. Jon.. the
Governor of Newgate. The respite did not arrive at the
pram until the after part of the day, and as !Wardle* and
Los Santos understand very little of Eagbab, it was with
some difficulty they were made aware of the fact that their
lives would be spared. At length, however, they ap-
peared to know the purport of the communication that
was made to them, and they seemed to be deeply grateful,
as there was no doubt that they bad fully anticipated that
the sentence would be carried out. This was the impression
of the authorities 'counseled with the prison, as, although
these two prisoners possibly were not present when the
murder of the captain was actually committed, there was
very little doubt that they were privy to the act, and that
they concurred in all that took place afterwards. Although
the capital sentries has been commuted, the punish-
ment they will have, no doubt, to undergo will be that
of penal servitude for life. The circumstances eon. '
nected with the crime itself, and the fact of so
many murderers being executed at one time, which
is almost unprecedented within the knowledge of
the present generation, appear to have created
considerable excitement in the public mind, and such has I
been the morbid desire of marry persons, some of whom are
in a superior station of late, to witness the execution that '
the sum of 75 guineas was adored for the use of • room in
said the houses opposite the prison to witness the erect'.
tins, and 10 guineas were offered sad refused for the use of
one window at another house near the same spot. A curious
application was also made to one of the visiting justices of
Newpite, an alderman of the City of London, by one of the
Foreign Ministers, for permission for • puttee= to be
II allowed to sleep in Newgate the tight previous to the execu-
tion, and to be present at the ceremony. It appeared that
this gentleman entertained opinions opposed to capital
punishment, and be desired to witness the whole of the
proceedicp upon such an extraordinary occasion. The
alderman to whom the application was made returned •
positive refusal to the application, stating, that while the
law remained in its present state it must be carried out by
those who had the administration of it, sad that it was
considered more humane that the wretched men,
who had by their crimes forfeited their lives,
should have the sentence executed upon them as
quietly as possible, and that they should Lot be
made a spectacle during their last moments.

The Liverpool Shakespeare Tercentenary Commit-
tee have failed to get up a decent celebration programme. The
Mayor, Mr. Charles Mosley, has resolved to give a
Sbakesperian (racy dress ball at the Town-hall on the even-
iag of the 21st April, and throw open the theatres on the
night following.
A W 6LL-FINQUENT ED ROAD. —This is not a
matter of unimportance to the pedestrian who may take the
road I went over, through Strathmore to Erib&l. An
Englishman who had walked on it for a whole day without
meeting with a fellow-traveller, remarked to a man whom
he found at last breaking stones by the wayside, " This
memo a very untregoretra errantry, my friend." "Oh, it's
SA MD unfrequented," replied the uadatuated Highlander.
" Ten was • pit psdlsr pody came by to day before yester-
day, and tire's yeomen to-day." The routs is solitary, pic-
turesque, and sublime in the highest degreet—Bkickwoud's
Maia:one for February.
(NTT or LONDON HOSPITAL rot DUMAS'S or
Tea CBOT, VICTOIZA P AILIL—Th• number of patinae re-
Ileved at this institution daring last week was 1,163, of
which 133 were Dew mass.