The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

q.*PECTED MURDER IN MARYLEBONE.

Some particulars were given yesterday, and also
appear ia some of the papers this morning, of a man
having been picked up in Little Chesterfield-street, High-
street, Ilaryleboaa, in a state of insensibility, with blood
nrearniug from wounds in his heed.

ea4raay afternoon the —man was identified by
his brother as being Duck, residing at No. 2
in the street where he was picked no. His age wen
1•.2. About midday yesterday Drs. Thompson and Fuller
operated upon the poor man, removing a portion of the
stud which was pressiug upon the brain. He never became
coosious, and died at six o'clock last weenie'. There an
three large and deep wounds at the back of the head, which
It is oonsidered could not have been done by a fall. The
medical gentlemen are of opinion that they most hays been
iceocted by some person from behind.
The brother of the unfortunate deceased seys that be was
in tolerably good circumstances. On Thursday, when he
left home, he (the brother) saw some silver in his hand,
aid he imagines a sovereign also. He wee possessed of three
watches, and one, in particular, he always carried with him.
When he was picked up this wee not upon his person, neither
could it be toned at home upon a strict search being made.
The other two, however, were safe in the house.
This, coupled with the fact of his pocket being cut out,
leads to the inference that a murder and robbery have been
committed. The police are making active inquiries in the
molter.

EXPLOSION IN SPITALFIELDS.-LOSS OF LIFE.

LATEST PA.RTICI:LARS.—(THIS DAY).
The sensation produced throughout the whole of
the densely populated neighbourhood of Spitalfiekla by •
lamentable explosion yesterday afternoon in the saw mills
belonging to Mr. Robert Saunders, in King-street. has bean
inctwised by the fart that the lifeless body of Mr. Sans.
ders's brother was this morning found under the remains
of the boiler. At the hone.* is front of the mill
the windows are all blown in and the roofs sensalsed, and
in one or two houses beery beams have been blown out and
forced into the opposite buildings. noes bones were occu-
pied by several dozen families, yet the people escaped with
the exceptioo of a female and two of her children, nod
those were only trithogly cut shout the face. Emily
Reynolds, • little girl, and another named Rush, who were
playing in the street, were *track by the falling slates, but not
to a serious extent. Five or six house. in Farthingetreet are
nearly riddled, and an wpm' number in Patience-street
The same might be said of the other homes in the coati-
ga.us street.. The unfortunate deceased waster:aging from
Li. brother's house to the mill, and most have first entered
the premises when the explosion occurred, and the
boiler jumping, fell upon him. When extricated
the whole of his body was found to be covered
with blisters of enormous sirs, showing that be had beau
subjected to the discharge of the whole of the boiling water.
Gorge Hall, Thomas Robinson, James fiaan. Charles
Keeling, and a man named Laski°, are still in the hospital,
sal two of them are in a very dangerous condition. A man
hanie.l liven had gone to the mill with a piece of timber
t• have it cut, and whilst waiting for the men to return
from their dinner the explosion occurred, and be
was strnek by a piece of metal, which broke bis
leg. It wee ascertained this morning that several per-
sons occupying houses • long distance off were severely in-
jured. but not fatally. Mr. Superintendent White and In-
spectors Broad and Osborne have takes charge of the ruins,
and the streets leading to the scene of the catastrophe have
been barricaded, and the adjoining walls are being shored op
Ly the direction of those officers.

INcREASE OP PAY TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
--(TUN DaY.)—This morning a notice was issued to the
D.etropolithe Police, named by Sir Richard Mayne, 'Wirt(
that, at his recommendation. Sir George Grey had sax•
t anti an increase of pay to some of the moo of the above
force. The notice has alresdy given great dissatisfaction
to the ergeants, who will only receive 2s. per
week more than the first class constables. At pre-
sent there are WX) sergesuts receiving 245. 6d. per week,
and out of this number 138 are to be raised to 25e. 6d. per
week. Tee other alterations are-600 men who joined in
the year 1,44, are to receive 22e. per week ; 2,6&1, 21s. ;
71/41. ; and 400, 19s. per week. Upon an average each
5e:g,...1,t boa to pay 2.. lii. per week to the widows of
deceased ser.;eanto. while a constable only pays one peony
to the sidow of a deed constable, so that by this allowance
in many cases a sergeant will receive sixpeoce per week lees
than a tirst-class con.teble. The sergeants, who are to be
raked the Is. I.er week are to be principally those that are
ei.-tze.l in the duties of acting inspector'. All men who
now join the police are told that they will have to remain
i❑ the force 30 years before they are entitled to a pension.
Fort, erly it was 13 years they had to serve before they
could claim their pension.
oF CHILD .1111RDEK.—EXTRA-
(.P.D: SART taut evening (Friday) an inquest was held
Greenwich Union Workhouse, before Mr. C..f.
coroner, on the body of a newly•born female child,
f 'uc.l in the river Thames, with a piece of string passed
I the neck sod then under the left arm,
ra:zi, a piece of wood about fourteen iodise
;..- z. od which bail leen used for the purpose of winding
..r testing the cord tightly. A post-mortem examination
I.) made by Mr. Corwin, surgeon, who gave it as his
that the child, although a remarkably fine deve-11. etc, had never breathed. although whether still-born,
. ;bit the cord had been placed round the neck duriog
;,...:rev of birth, he could not as y. The coroner remarked
.t it was the moot extraordiaary case of its nature
•' h ~Icorne bet .re him during a thirty yews' experience.
T'.--re were all the outward appe►rances that a deliberate
• .rd.-r by strangulation had been committed, and if the
1.1 Lai lwen stillborn, which the medical evidence west
prove, tten it would appear that the cord must bays
;dared roiled the child's neck at the time of birth,
'I•• ,ao.on doing it not knowing but that the child was
I^alivc. The jury then returned a verdict of "dill-
r.,

k C.)NFERENCIS OF VIPERn.—On Tuesday, the
lit instant, our random will remember the day was mild
,inov. On that day William Peony, Fag., of Bridge-
:. H. and Mr. William Coward, of Hill-park, were out in
1.. e ...mere woods on the east or Colton side of the river
Co going through a wood Dear to Bell-eed, Mr.
'.no came upon a number of vipers, ell coiled up together,
f.nong something like a oone or pyramid, their heads being
together at the top. The sight was so extraordinary
• 'me well accustomed to woods in that locality, that Mr.
Formic called Mr. Coward to see the strange sight ; but the
• uod of his voice broke up the conference, so he gave the
moving mass the contents of a barrel. The result was that
dead vipers were left upon the ground, all fall grown.
Writnwreland Gozetee.