The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL EMI IBITI

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were no doubt much astonished by ail exhihiti,,,,
wonder which was yesterday published for the tint
time. A Spaniard named Jowl Gallegos cullect,-1
an immense audieuce in front of the Spanish Cour.
by exhibiting a mechanical hand of his own inv,
Lion, and performing with it numeroU/4.prOdigli,
dexterity. With this hand he wrote his 114111..,
picked up a sixpence from the floor, with nor,
other feats which could not have been ex0...4,4
with the human hand. Taking for greeted that
there was no trick, but that the mechanical haul
really performed all the wonders it appeared to p.r.
form, the invention is of great importance, 41,1
fully entitled to the general curiosity and
which it excited amongst the company yi"iterklai.
Amongst the more distinguished visitors at (),„
Exhibition yesterday were the Duke of Cambridge,
the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Earl of Saarborou:h.
the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, Lady lf.r.
bert of Lea, and Lady Constance Grosvenor. Pr,,.
fessor Leone Levi, of King's College, accompanied
by his evening class, made a careful inspection .4
many of the courts. The commissioners of Fratae,
Spain, Portugal and the United States gave na
professor and his class every possible facility h.
visiting their respective courts.
The following schools and parties visited ill.
Exhibition :—Wilton tenantry, expenses paid
Lady Herbert, including liberal refreshments, re.
way fares, &c., 450 • tanners from Shrewsbury, Mr
John Cook, 26 ; leadworkers from Shrewsbury.
Messrs. Burr Brothers, 35 ;_labourers and reeidei;:.
from the Liddletons, Evesham, WoroestersLir,
Rev. H. G. Smith, Rev. 8. Yorke, and H. Simpw.i:
Esq.' 38 ; agricultural labourers from Mount 1.1.1.
sant Farm, Buckland, Herta, G. Davey, Esq.,
agricultural labourers from Buckland House, Hem
Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart., 70 ; agriculture
labourers from Spray Farm, near Hungerford,
Woodman, Faq., 41 ; agricultural labourers ins
Woolhampton House Newbury, James Blyth,
23 ; St. George, Hanover-square, United Day.
schools, subscription, 700 • St. George, Hanover.
square, Stewart's Foundation School, Caktain 4.
Stewart, 34 ; St. James's, Westminster, Halloo!!
School, subscription, 48; City of London Bridge
Ward School, subscription, 33 ; City of Lmdos
Broad-street Ward School, subscription, 102;
Bloomsbury British School, subscription, 4d;
Royston, Herta, Union School, subscription, 33;
Halfway-street, Kent, Lamorly School, Lady Louis
Mills, 32 ; Camberwell, Private School, B.,Speller,
Esq., 8; Cranford, near Homerton, Private School,
Rev. W. H. Thorkiston, 9.
The highest temperature yesterday up to 3
o'clock by Negretti and Zambra's patent Met.
mometers was :—ln the nave, 60.3 (leg. ; in the
galleries, 60.9; in the western annex, 66.0. The
temperature of the dew point, 51.2 deg.
The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday :

By season tickets .
By ditto fur Is. days
By payment

751
3.1.151

Total ....

$7,427

THE RECENT RIOTS AT MRSENHEAD.

The prisoners remanded from Birkenhead
Thursday, the 16th inst., on a charge of being concern
the recent disgraceful riots in that town, occuwned b.
attack of the Roman catholic party on the local "1
mastery debating society" on the previous evening,
brought up for further examination yesterday at the
Prias Court, Chester Castle. The utmost p
were taken by the military and civil authorit
serve the peace on the occasion, u it was
that an outbreak would occur amongst the
order of the Irish labourers here. Accordingll
strong force of the county police, numbering
150 men, were drafted in from the neighbouring di
and mustered in the Castle-yard at an early hour
morning, and immediately placed under arms.
ment of the Cheshire Militia were also called on
duty, and posted in the square. As might be expea
disturbances which led to these preparations caused
excitement in the neighbourhood, and imp crowd,.
populace continued to flock to the court, the doors le
to which were perfectly besieged with people. The ft
fog is a list of the prisoners apprehended :—ML"
Patrick Fahey, James Tracey, Thomas Sheehan, .
Curtis, Thomas Buckley, Patrick Fahey, Michael
John Gorman, Thomas Larkin, Catherine Larks,
Hogan, and Michael Hoar. The evidence was of
able length, and fully identified the prisoners as'
earned in the disgraceful riots. The case was
Saturday for the formal preparations of the ,
after which the prisoners ere to be committed to
for trial.

CATHERINE WILSON.

The following is a copy of a letter writte
this woman after her condemnation. It is add:awed

relative residing at Moulton, near Spalding
" Gaol at Newgate, Oct 6.
" Dear Uncle and Aunt,—With great pain I re,
your letter, and with greater pain I sit down to
it. ; for it recalls to my mind pest scenes too
dwell upon.
"My dear friends—all of you—l must decline
very kind offer of visiting me. I could not bear u
tsrview ;it would be too painful for us al four
think of me as you last maw me ; that is
for you to do. Twelve months ago, who could
thought of me being here? Six months today
have been in prison. How much better it no for r
when 1 feared God and thought of pleasing llim mo
than man. Although innocent of the dreadful crime wit
which lam charged, I am a great sinner, and I Loehr
in wickedness and sin. Though I could deceive the in
I could not deceive the Almighty. May Ile be more
card to me than man has been is my earnest PM
Dunng my imprisonment 1 have received many letter
seen many friends ; one lady from Boston bas riot•
and written to me since my condemnation, but I got
to answer it for me.

"I felt that I would answer this to you myself.
due say it is the last letter I shall write ; at least, I
so. lam in ill health and cannot bear much. I
receive visite from anyone now. I have this moni
my solicitor ; he is a vary kind gentleman ; 1 have n
great kindness from him and his wife. I felt the
view very painfully this morning. I have remind
from a gentleman at Lincoln wishing for an ins
which I declined. 1 cannot see anyone excepting
ligious ladies who visit the prison.
My time upon earth is very short. I shall be elec,
on the morning of the 20th inst., at eight o'clock in
morning, I suppose. May God in Ills mercy mew
soul Jesus is a present help is time of trouble; oe
I cut my burden. It matters little how the 14,
may Ibe found right before the judgment-seat 0:
I care not what man thinks of me ; it avails maw,
to me.

My dear relations—all of you—l take it as a
kindness you sencliog me this letter. You owe th,
much of me. This letter has cost me many teas l
often thought of you all. And now, clear Inen.ls. 1
you my dying love. Farewell.—From your unforta,
relative, "CATIIKRINS WIL,ON•

BETRAORDINARY BRIAR-DOWN OF A N ENerik
TRAIL AND NARROW FACAPR.—An esenniee trine
Midland Railway, from Birmingham to Gloucester,
at the Shrub-hill station, at 9.25 yesterday (Tual9l
ing, to take up passengers. The train, which moot%
over thirty carriages, wee comparatively empty. said
was reinforced by the "Worcester Division," which
Sued it. All proceeded smoothly until shortly ark
icy Defford station, when the passengers were 6,
startled by a smart (monomial, which threw thee
front carriages from their seats. The train ea,
arias soon as possible, and it thee became app.mut
the large outside bar connecting the two wheels oo
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side had broken, and that the ends of the bar, one h
freer mob wheel, had been ploughing the ground for
a quarter eta nails. The rupture of the comes'
right caused the coupling bar on the left to treat
it is • marvel, under these circumstances, that the cot'
broken pieces into the ballast of the line,
which was jerked up and down by the thrustia4
was
off the rails, dragging the carriages after it. "i
coesequences might have been most serious. laur
steps were take, by the guard to prevent the porul
a collision, by sending up and down the line, dot
tenger. received the comforting assurance that all
safe. The broken coupling rods were removed
wheels and stowed upon the tender. and after a .1,4
twenty minutes, the train was got uneer weigh LP'
proceeded at about ten miles an hour for the 101
of its journey, arriving at Gloucester nearly as boar
time, the engine presenting the appearance, on T
the station, of • bird shorn of its elage.-1
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