The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1964.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NOTES ON THE DONCASTER MEETING.

THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS.

I
As stated in the Express of Saturday, Muller
I washaded in Liverpool at about 11 o'clock on Friday night,
I sad was at once taken teas astral polies-ales. In car-
=et the fatigue fat both by the primer and the
who accompanied him, it was deemed advisable that
they should stay in Liverpool all night, and take their depar-
ture by one of the fiat trains in the morning. A temporary
bed was, therefore, constructed in one of the rooms
of the detective police-office for Muller, who ate
• hearty supper, and mitered quite cheerfully into
convenatioar with the police officials and other wear
who had interviews with him. He slept soundly
for five or six hours, but upon waking is the manning he
complained of having a rick headache, sod not foaling very
1 well. In spite of this, however, be made • tolerably
1 hearty breakfast. Inspector Tanner and those with him
i stayed at the Crooked Billet Hotel ; bat they were
fat the police station by 7 o'clock in the morning. It had
bees arranged that the party should leave the Lime-street
*aka of the Loudon and North Western Railway
iby the 9 a.m. exprese, but as it was feared that
i a net crowd would be congregated there, it was de.
ceded to join the train at EdgehilL Nothwitb-
'deeding the secrecy with which the polio, shrouded
all their movements, upwards*/ 200 puma were present at
the later station and witnessed the departure of the train.
Muller had previously sat for • considerable time in one of
the waiting-rooms, reading the " Pickwick Papas" and
the sews pen whichi contoured an account of his arrival at
Liverpool. The police and their prisoner were aosommo-
, dated with a special oompartaneat, and as the train left the
1 station several persons came up Lad °tied out, " Good bye,
IMuller ; keep your pluck up." During his brief stay in
Liverpool several persons had the bed taste to question
him as to his alleged crime, but to all he persisted in cahnly
1 easeeting his innocence and confident assurance in a trial
ending in his favour.
At half-past two the train arrived at the Camden ticket
platform, and se soon as it stopped the whereaboutof Muller
was at once indicated by the clustering of the London de-
tectives round the compartment of the carriage, and the
shaking of heads and the cordial gratings which
passed between Inspecton Tanner and W 'thermos, who,
together with Sergeant Thomas, of the detective force, at
once entered the carriage. The rush to get • glimpse of
the supposed culprit was now terrific, and continued for
about live minutes, during the whole time the ticket
collectors were collecting the ticket. at the platform. Not-
withstanding the cries and groans which prevailed, Muller,
who sat with his face to the marine, between In-
spector Tamar and Sergeant Clarke, appeared quite un-
moved, although he looked very pee. To all appearance
be was more unconowoed and much lase excited than moat
of ha fellow-passengers, the vast majority of whom seemed,
until the tremendous uproar and excitement at the Cam
den station apprised them of the fact, unconscious that they
were in company with the supposed murderer of Mr.
Briggs. The tickets having been collected, the train moved
slowly from the platform on its way to Easton, amidst the
loud execrations of those assembled, many of whom ran
along the platform, hooting and biasing, sad exhibiting
the wildest excitement, till the capidly increasing speed of
the teas put distance between them. The shouts had
evidently been beard by the employer at Pickford's and
Meer. 'e faitory, which abut upon the railway, fur
the! were all out, and gave • hearty groan as the train passed.
The train reached the Eaton terminus at about '2'45.
Here another scene of excitement presented itself. The
train was pulled up in such a manner that the last carriage
barely reached the northern end of the arrival platform,
and the carnage in which Manor was when brought to •
stead, was immediately opposite the side gate ia Seymour-
street, facing Gee-street, and in the rear of the clearing
house. Here the Bow-street police ear was drawn up with
its door backing towards the train. The moment the
accused was recognised the cheers and groans by which he
was moiled were tremendous. The meant jumped from
the carriage in • light and easy manner, but the increased
pallor of his countenance told that he fully comprehended
the position in which be was placed. It was with great
difficulty that Inspector Tanner and Sergeant Clarke, who
had each hold of his arm, urged him forward through the
crowd, to the steps of the van. The vehicle then drove out
through the iron gates into Drummordetreet, where
another salute greeted the supposed murderer, and passing
along the Hampstead-road and Tottenham Court road,
reached Endell-strect, St. Giles's, and so on to the Bay-
street @tenon.

Notwithstaoding the announcement in the morning
that the prisoner would sot arrive in Loodon till
raTast two o'clock in the afternoon, a considerable crowd
amembled round the office shortly after nine o'clock, in the
firm belief, apparently, that the prisoner would be brought
before the magistrate is the course of the morning. At ten
o'clock • rush was made to get admiasion to the mart, the
repeated assuranom of the officers that the cone was not
coaling on till Monday being totally disbelieved. The hew
trivial charges which had been entered upon the night sheet
were consequently heard by Mr.Flowen in the presence of •
' wart most inconveoiently crowded. During the pregtees of
' the cases the son of the late Mr. Brigp entered the court
merely to seek sorne.informatioo from Mr. Burnaby, the
chief clerk, but the circutnersnce was regarded as • sign
that Muller was at hand, and treated • decided " sews-
' ties." Mr. Briggs, however, remained only a few minutes,
At length • cry of "Muller is coming !" was heard in the
distance, and a desperate rush was made at the vas as it
drove down Bow-street up to the door of the police sta.son.
and at one time there appeared some risk of its being turned
over. It was some little time before a • could be
cleared for the transit of the prisoner and his attendants,
but at length the done was opened, and the first person to
alight from the van with • light. jaunty step was Mellor
himself. Then arose • atom of blahs& and kroan-
' log of • most unmistakeable character, but it did
not in the slightest degree disconcert the prisoner.
The people seemed surprised at the slight, mean, and
shabby appearance of the man who had been so long the
Moos of universal discussion. Far below the middle height
exosesively plain-looking and ill-featured, and with light.
coloured hair projecting from under his hat, garments thin
and seedy, and wearing a white broad brimmed and some-
what weather-beaten straw hat, be really was sot " equal
to the occasion " in the estimate of the crowd, who freely
commented upon the disappointment which they had expe-
rienced. " What ?" said one stalwart ragged denizen of
Seven Dials, he murder Mr. Briggs, he chuck • big man out
of the carnage! why he couldn't do it." Muller was
at once taken to the inspector's rosins where be was re-
ceived by Mr. West, and placed at the rosin,
while Inspector
Darkin catered the charge upon the sheet. When the pri-
soner wu asked his Mike". be replied, " At led, Park.ter•
raps, Old Ford-road, Vittoria-park," the house at which
he was lodging before his departure to America.
I Me appeared still unmoved, but when the words were read
over to him. "charged with having wilfully murdered
Thomas Briggs, on the sight of the 9th of July last," his
head drooped • little, and there was an obvious tranour
throughout his frame. Ile appeared weak when he was
about to he removed to his cell, after the sheet bad beau
signed by Inspector West, but he recovered • little after.
wards, and walked acrces the station yard with at least as
affectation of nonchalance. He was then locked up, there
being strict injunctions ft om the authoritice of dootland-sard
that so one should be permitted to be present, or to hare
any interview with the prisooer except his accredited soli-
citor Mr. Thomas Beard, on behalf of the German Society.
Mr. Beard war present during the formal proceedisge of
entering the charge, and about an hour afterwarda he was
admitted to the priaciner's cell, accompanied by a German
gentleman, who was to act as an interpreter if necessary, the
interpreter for the crown being Helmer, • police officer of the
A division. Mr. Beard had • long interview with his chent.
It was sot until the court closed, at 5 o'clock, that the crowd
became convinced of the folly of waiting to see Muller
taken over to the polio* magistrate os duty to be examined.
It is understood that Muller will be examined before Mr.
Flowers this (Monday) morning, and then remanded for •
week.

DISCU,TING CBrELTY TO ♦ R♦BBIT.—At the
borough police•court, Barostaple, on Thursday lest, Edward
Elliott, proprietor of a travelling show van, os exhibition
in the square of the said borough, and a man of colour
answering to the name of •• Allah," wen charged, the lat-
ter with cruelly torturing a rabbit, and the former with
aiding and abetting in the same *Meow /fr. E. T.
Peruandex, who appeared on behalf of the Secretary
to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, stated that in compaoy with lir. Stone he
visited the defendant's show, and in the course of the per-
formance the negro defendant was introduced. A young
rabbit was given him, and ►e immediately bit it behind the
heed, ►od began to suck the blood. He tore it to pieces and
ate part of it. The rabbit was a tame ore, about half .grows.
Such performances in these d►ys he thought should be
punished with the utmost rigour of the law. Mr. Stole,
of the Forlorn. Hotel, corroborated the above, He should
say a great amount of cruelly was exercised toward* the ani.
mai before it was completely dead. The defendant Elliott
maid that he did not illicit there was any harm in what he
had dorm as the "Einar" fed chiefly on bullock's lighte,aod
ate nothing but raw meat. The chairman. bir.Cottoo,ioquired
if be had not been turned out from Teignmouth on account
of the same performance'. He replied that he had not, but
that another nigger who ate rats in a rival establishment
(also in the square) had bees. (Laughter.) The chairman
said the bench thought the " black." who it was alleged did
sot understand English, warn not in a position to answer for
himself, and they (odd thereto, only impose. penalty on
the proprietor, who was the nausea the exhibition. Fined
2/. and expresso. loetructioos were glees to Superintendest
Blowhard to see that the exhibition left the town imma-
diataly.

Homceopatbic practitioners, and the medical
profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most health.
ful of all beverages When the doctrine of hnustenpathy was
Mt Introduced Into this country, there were to be obtained no
preparations of cocoa either attractive to the taste or acceptable
to the stomach : the nut was either supplied le the crude state
or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little polio'.
J. Kw'. of London. Homoeopathic Chemist, was Indaoed In the
year lag to turn his attention to this subject, and et length
succeeded, with the 'montane* 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 he most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
ler general use Epps's Cocoa in dienegnisised as an lavtgoratlag,
inlaid breakfast beverage, possessing a most de' letous aroma,
Dr. Elassall. la his work, "Adulterations of Food: says :
coon contains a great variety of Important nutritive print.
plea—every lore.ileot necessary to the growth and indrawn:B
of the body." Again A. a nutritive, cocoa stands very much
higher than either coffee or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls
of the powder In a breakfast cup. ruled up with belting water
w talk. Sold in tin-lined klb elh , and 110 labelled packets, by
paws, confectioners, and chemists. --(advertisement.]

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSKOUTH, SEPT. IS.

The Royal Sovereign, b, iron-screw turret ship,
Captain Sberard Osborn, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yester-
day morning from Portland, and came into harbour to
make good defects.
The Warrior, 40, irort-serew frigate, Captain the Hoe.
Arthur A. Cochrane, (LB.. arrived at Spithead yesterday
morning, from Gibraltar, last from Plymouth.
The Himalaya, iron-screw troopship, Captain E. Lacey,
arrived at Spithead this morning from Quebec, having on
board a detachment of Royal Artillery, the let battalion
of Grenadier Guards, sod three companies of the Soots
Fusilier Guards. She came into harbour this afternoon to
disembark them. _ _ _

The Supply, itos store ship, Madder Commander C. Fox,
arrived at Sp:shred darns( the night from the hlediterra-
nein, h►ving on board a few time-expired soldiers and troops.
She will proceed to Woolwich.

The &Oates, iron screw troopship, Captain H. W. Hire,
sailed this morning for the Downs, and on or about the 25th
instant will embark Royal Artillery for Ceylon, calling at
Plymouth to fill up with coal.
t. he Trillion* 3, screw gunboat, Lieutenant J. B.
Creagh, sailed on Friday evening, to johalthe Channel squa-
dron, to the flag ship of which she is the tender.
The United States screw corvette Troquota. Captain
C. B. P. Rodgers, which put into St. Helen's roadstead
through strew of weather, sailed yesterday morning for the
westward.

B~ Private advice. we learn that the Princess Royal, 80,
Captain Jones, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral King, ar-
rived at Trincomalee from the Cape of Good Hope on the
Ittnd of July, to relieve the Severn, 40, Commodore Hon-
trieor, which frigne had nailed for Penang and Singapore,
aad at the letterman ,wee W noone her hied order for
China and Japan.
From the West Indies we have oorroboratin reports of
the serious outbreak of the yellow-fever at Bermuda. The
Jason, screwmonette, had arrived there with twelve mili-
tary doctors for 'benne in this emergency. The 2nd
(Queen's) Regiment had lost 3 OthOICS mid 34 man when the
Let mail left. The Medea had arrived at Halifax with
fever on board, but had only lost one, Lieut. Henry hod,
R.N., whose vacancy wee filled by the appointment of Lieut.
R. B. Croft. The Alert was just leaving for Callao on a two
remake' cruise among the Galapagos bleeds, calling at Pinta
and Guayaquil. Admiral Hope, in the Duncan, was de.
I Mined at Halifax owing to the Vesuvius, peddle-sloop,
having got on a marine railway, on which they were "z
to haul her up, but which proved too weak for a vessieriloi
her tonnage. She was to beg floated of with lighters,
casks, .kc.