The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-06 00:00:00

An inquiry was bald by Mr. John Humphreys,
Middlesex coroner, at the Spotted Dog Tmera, Poplar,
last evening, relative to the death of Henry Harper. aged

22 zears.
kreorge Gaffer, IG, Queen's-cottages. East ladia-road,
aid that he was a labourer, ate doted knew the deceased,
who was also • labourer, in Bromley. Os
Tuesday, about 3 o'clock in the a ternooo, they were walk-
ing together along the South West ladle Donk' or City
Cana Burin, atria, having with him • young dog of the
black retriever kind. Deaseed said to witness, " Your
dog could Dot jump into the aster? If he will I will lend
you a heed to get him out." Witness threw a whip into
the water, and mash the dog jump in to fetch it. When the
dog bad been in the water for ten minutes, it became
necessary to get it oat, and Harper said, " Catch hold
of my wrist, and I will hold yam, and you let me
down to the dog." Whams thereupon laid bold of
the iron rod of the sluice bridge with his right
band, and interlocked bis left band with deceased's
right. He then lowered the deceased down by the dock
wall to the wafer's edge, Witness caught hold of the dog
and began to lift it up. found that be related his
, and that his head was slipping through ',items's.
ErCalled out, "Let go the dog, and catch my arm." But
the deceased did not do so, sad the consequence was that
their heads parted, and he fell into the dock. Witeas
was so terrified that he coald outlaw speak nor move, but
• man came rusniog op with the drags, and the desseased
was got out deed in minutes. Witness could not swim,
and so could not save the deceased. The dog was saved,
but being very young was of so use to save the deceased.
Witness and deceased were quite sober. There was no ill-
feeling or malice between them.
J. &suttee, gate-keeper at the dock. said that be saw
one man lowering another down to the surface of the
water, sod be knew accident must occur, but ho was
afraid to call out for fear they should both fall la The
e
water was 16 feet deep, sad from the parspot to the turf
the distance was 5 feet. He beard the words go,"
"
end saw the damaged fall into the water. Witness ran f
the dregs at ono., and the deceased was pt out dead. The
affair seemed to be accidental, not dodgers&
Tao step-mother of the deceased stid la reply to the
Coreeer, that she bad beard that there was an illading
I between Gaffer and Harper. It appeared, however, that
recently such was not the case.
The Coroner said that the fact that deceased allowed
himself to be placed in such a position by Gaffer appeared
Jobe conclusive evideecethat there wss no ill-feeling be-
taws them• and that he had the most implicit confides°,
in his friend. it was enact extraordinary and foolhardy
act for two men to peril their lives for the sake of • dog
that could have bees of no great value.
The jury returned a verdict " That the deassed was
accidentally drowned in the waters of the West lodide
Docks while endeavouring to save a dog from drowning,"

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Constantine io mower to Mr. Ricketts, said OM
the prisoner had been in his employ sire he was 10 yens
of ern and up to within the poet 10 meths bed berm se
irreproachable character. W bee the purer ateoaof
he was in the receipt of 17e. per week.
Mr. Ricketts rid the prisonee would reserve his Meer
The =serrate fully committed the primrose kb taller
ral Criminal Court for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A DLTSENEWED ATTEMPT AT SUILTDL
Nary Acne Goodacre, 50 yeus of ap, waa charged*
fore Yr. Ellison with the following daring &Mere A
suicide :
The prisoner, whose left arm and heed wets sevelepel le
surgical bandages, was too weak to stet, op into Ob. "
and the
occupied • seat by the aide of it while ed•
deur simply auflicient to justify a remand, was takes
Polio Constable Rogers, 217 N, stated—At 11 eiodelk ft
the night of the t,h of August, I was called to the helle
N 0.12, Shannon-terrace, Deletes, where 1 found the prow
in an upper room lying on a and WAN*
from • wooed seer the wrist join from ether Tee
ease helves covered with blood were Wag ea e
table, and a peeked* in • like state on the doer, ills
small phial was given to me. it retained poison. aid I nee
told the prisoner had taken some of it. 1 dont bee
what the poor war. I immediately conveyed primest be
Mr.hospital where she haa been natal this day.
Mr. Safford—Hu she said scything marries this dedds
attempt?
Constable—Alluding to the knives, she said. "1 ail
with them, and wish I had dose it to perfeatiee."
Mr. Ellis's—Are any of her frit:oda here?
Prisoner—l haven't any friars. I pre 21. se. Isr a
school Dot worth anything.
The unveiling of the Clare statue to O'Connell Mr. Mae desired that inquiries might be lora eel..
took place at Ennis, on Tuesday Sat. Sir Colman expressed a wish that scone pare who eras encialialls_
do
Cher M.P., the Romeo catholic bishop of Rillaloe, with, if not a relative of the prisoner (who appeared lel
and others, took part in the ceremony. The monument is bewildered) should Live
on the day of reamed.
74 feet Wes, with Mr. Cabill's colossal statue of the Lib.- WELLSTON SEWS —SOBBTRY AND ASSAULT.
A why framed sod well.dreased young follow, wbe sees
rater on the top. hi name sa (kola( Hadley. but refined his &darer 51
Prince George de Sol ms Braunfels and suite . charged with felootoesly enterieg the premises ef clip
visited the manufacturing department of Woolwich ' William Bastin. a csbinetroaker, at Noe. 7 red 8, Gibmills
Arsenal on Wednesday, by special permission of her I walk, Betheal-geee, stealing • variety of articles, tel
set se train Ma Sash Bastin and lbs. Maria Lamb.
Majesty's Secuetery of MAW for War. The prince was . SHOCKING DOUBLE MURDER IN EDINBUROH.••—We O There is an interest oommtinicatioe between the boa
received by the heads of departments, and spent • roo - ' learn by electritelegraph from Edinburgh that John Hunter, , mentioned, and Kra Lamb, who 4 prosecutor's ittle. ..
*doable time in his inspection, the major pot of which who is imam, and reside* at the Grapy in that city, . enter a room in that one ha which the buglers is • erhl
he devoted to visiting the royal gas factories, and cape. murdered his mother and sister yesterday with an iron is mod by the family m a maser&
en ; the other house
About 7 o'clock on the evening of the 20th ultimo. Bo
orally the to manufacture of the new muzzle loading gnus, bar. Their deaths were immediate' The reurdelee wee i Bastin left the shopand retired into tootouse, enticing let
termed tbs " Woolwich guns," and stated to be an arrested. I did so that the prisoner, w is • strange__...
undoubted improvement on the Armstrong style Of mare- ' PARDON OE MADAME VALENTIN. —Yesterday to Melt_ was on the pavement looking tow"'
facture.
Miaa Bateman is shortly to appear at the Theatre• light ht bar room over the rue
morning Mr. Doormen received sconsmturicatioe from !Ise about. Shortly afterwards Mts. Lamb saw from the y_wr
George Grey. is which the right his. gentlemen informed and. he premises. _ _
Royal Lublin. She is now *yin at Birmingham.room the/
him that, having takes the eireumstences attending the while goitre up stairs with her dalightet, NW. NW..
conviction of Madame Valentin ioto consideration, he hod it was suchisaly estiagaiehad. Oa entering the
Tug EAST LONDON DlOLON.—Yesterclay morning recommended her Majesty to greet a free pardon to that foaled unmoor articles that had been rove * re,
Mr. H. B. Farina, the nestropolitaa reactor of work. lady, and that an order hed boo sent to the prison at drawers an hour previously lying on the goosed ple,
houses for the Poor-law Bard, resumed the mnioryr touch. Holloway for her immediate release. Mr. Levenson, on re- op ready for removal ; toe step farther and die mr
iug the coodur of D. Crete, the 'medical of the earl* the oommunicatioe, at coos proceeded to the prison, sober was verosived steadies beheld the me° aw l
Rest London Unioe, aad his deputy. Mr. Nibtet. Several in order to meet his client on her liberation. simultaneously they clutched him, but with greater
arZ
caws were gone into in whir oriel wore kept al the A meeting of the Canterbury Diooman Board of than his alight frame ballasted him to parr Lae_ ~,..i.
medical relief book after they had been discharsed or bads
died. This .45 " in.RUlßtit, whisk the litedsral came in the chair, and there woe • auroras sod blessiitiai st- aeon the wit.'" flight et del". himself f to
•
Education was held yesterday at Maidstone, the Archbishop them frOm the ePerteleet awl Retell)) [ens a2"21.1
. admitted There were nine WM. nab had lilt the he• tandem., a large body of the clergy and emend membess whisk &abuts" he would he" done bstir -et .... "6
finnery and badger into the house, and were sill kept ea of the county nyintournay WM prlonnint. TM Inlinen Os dinging to him, despite his ropeatedly,stn :,.bandirbip
the medical list. This was explains& The mensal amen
wished to keep them es •a metals diet, aad th' rushed from the,
dweilieli-beetti
It--- —erefere kept factory, In the course of the moceediegs the Earl of Rom- in his wife's "we *maid. wadi
tbe state a casettes in the diocese were eneeldered et*. d, rta. Mr. Bastin alarmed by ales of mord g
tiHer same
en th.m.dimal"ltet book. Wei htlignise. The ner called Maoism to a plan for unities the Mamma finding het seer the West dew thee
' inspeetoe expressed hie ash/dacha at Audios that, although Ideation tlooisty and the Church Bendier; Society, though Lamb lying at her fest, be Weed the 1.400, e.....d. heieg.,.....
the powerful atm, lieldhissessumuotil poi
dischar enddeed pe. rooms'
of the workhouse practically catered the error, so that
oe the heat. anMW Wen Wirekali klePt their funds remsined distinct. Dfficalties arose eget Of
and
Fl , ... __,_t. rose pollee w,
71-tili-
saw remote were never drawn; the
that rinse re tho two societies, end he therefore proposed that a o°. r 'eke" ettw""‘ol'''''':_s ;guns to tee
the TONIWWITO did net suffer by it. The *wry wee con- of the two bodies with • view to asortain U a rein
could ibelN• 0001 IT TWENTIDNI• " not I. what 1
conferee°. Avoid belie,
held between the general committees in the room alluded to, as. primmer. P° eke
paint f
chided. and the repot will be forwarded to the Poor -law los formed, mid ' what terms. After some discussion thin deer with."
gyp his of wee take" and mad°
Board by Yr. TernalL motion was earld.° 'pried-hack clasp kakis, with as scale valets

Bankfield, Halifax, Yorkshire. Oct. 4.
TO TRit EDITOR OF VII " STAR."
Sir,—You bare published my name in a list of alleged
holders of Confederate stook. I bug to say, not only that I
have held soy Confederate stock, but that I declined
to aooept an allotment offered to me at the time of its
introduction.— I am, air, your obedieat salvoes.
X. B. SANrsox.

1, George-street, litassion Houle, 0o*: