The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-10 00:00:00

YEN 04810 F DR. 8111TRU.881'.

Another week has elapsed, and the officials of the
gel have received no further isdormation from the Secretary
of State se to the intentions of the government with raped
to the ultimate disponi of the prisoner, who still remains
upon the ptl.on books ea a capital convict, eeprieved claw
her Majesty's pleasure. The prisoner i. evidently very much
annoyed at the delay, as there is uo doubt that when he wee
informed of the reprieve In the stet instenns be regarded it se
an indication that tee had succeeded in creating doubt* of his
guilt, and that the next step would he a free pardon, and
tt would seem that he made a 'Miasma to that effect when
the notification of the reprieve was made to bun. The Itmc
delay that has takes piece, however, hie evidently ahskan
hat cosfidimos, and within the last law days he has evidently
become more anxions as to the resul,, and as he le aware that
his nee is still under coneiderattun, he appears to entertain
sane dread that the original sentence" may sell be carried out.
and, although he still pendia.' in Ms declaratiotie of benok-enos,
three about him can see that he is very usessy, and
awaits the decoion of the eovernorent as to his fete
with great anxiety. Tilers is no foundation whatever Its the
I 'dahlia nt that appeared in a Sunday paper, that the Lord
Chief Baron was still engaged in readiog the evidaace, and
the other papers connected with the cue, and that the final
decision of the governmeat with regard to the prisoner would
depend upon the report made by the learned judge. The
Lord Chief Baron was of comes appealed to in the first in-
onnos to state his opinion with regard to the evidence and
whether he concurred in the verdict pronounced by the jury,
and the MI( ly he made wee that in his opinion the jury were
quite justified in returning a verdict of guilty against the
prisoner; and it may be stated on ample authority that he
hem never charged that opinion, or, indeed, modified It in any
mousier, but he at the same time stated thiit if the aviana
of the crown, upon a eossideration of al! the facts, thought it
was a cue in which the capital puriiiihment might be coin.
muted, he did not feel 'kneel! called upou to tipper ouch a
course, or to take upon himself the reeponeibilaty of declar-
ing his opinion that the law ought to take ire course. Since
that time the Lord Chief Baron nits bed nothing whatever to
do with the matter, and it i• beleived lb,t the delay in fluidly
cluipoeing of the prieoner arlrew re.fiy Irmo the difficulty in
which thie government is placed se to what comae they should
adopt in suet a peculiar and unprecedented case.

MANSLAUGHTIES BY A MILITIAMAN.—An *nest
on the. body of Mammoth oheeby, out. of the mew of
the Cornwallis, who died in cocuequtme of fajurie
received on the head while in a public-home at Sunderland,
ass held at the Town-hall, ou Friday. Mary Ann Oita"
Bainee-lane, Sunderland, Mated that she was a single
woman, and knew the deceased. She iemesobored Saturday
tivening, the 3rd of September. ribs wa. in the Ge ege end
Dragou, Low-street, that night, when deceits-4 came into
the tagerwom. Jaw Clinton we. with her. Than was a
Dumber of other people in the room. Another man came in
along with doomed, and a wan-uf. weed man immediately
afterwards. He sat near the door. He h.d not been in
lung before a soldier came in named Finn, sod called for •
plot of ale which witness fetched him Gum the bar. Finn
then acted a girl named Paul to have a glees of ale, whim
ohs said, t• I chink you bare roc your hair cut short altos I
Teat saw you." Ile ..plied, .• Yes " Paul then said, tt In-
stead ot being a glees of ale it should bu a glue of rum out
of the 9.. you got." Soe did not say wbat
9s. she was alluding to. Finn said be did Doe get the mcney.
They then got to high words about the niattae, and be strait
her several time.. Jane Clinton Kitting at the end tit the
table with a gloss of rum in her hand, when she struck Fion
with the glue and cut his forehead. He then kicked her
one the log. Sheehy here istcrtered and said to the saldicr he
was no man for suiting a girl in liquor. Flue asked if Lc had
anything to du with the Fill I' When besehy replied No.
Finn teen told hint to stand deer, and bees* uabuttoning
his waist-hilt. Ile doubled it muud hi. heed, so that the
testicle might hang down, sad be struck Sheehy a blow over
the heed. He aimed a wend blow, toe join.. d. Whether
the first blow was menet for Sheehy or the girl wa-
ne.. could sot say. Sheehy staggered trona the rffects of
the blow., and fell into the aims ut witness. His head cow-
meaced bleeding very much, and thoy removed into him the
kitchen, and 'imbed his head with rum. Finn toilosed into
the kitchen, and threatened that be would strike Sheehy
again it be got him outside. This evideots having been cor-
roborated, the jury returned vembet manslaughter spent
John Fins, and the coninet's warrant for his cemmittal to
York Awls was weds out.

SUICIDE PROM A Hovst-Tor.—Oa Saturday a
desperate act of suicide was coruniittid by a mope-MAUis widow
wotteut nutted Anne Roberto, egett 51, who rmidid
►t 5, Grove-street, Limon-grove. It appears that a abed
time ago the husband of the unfortunate woman eoeindtted
suicide by hangieg himself. Since that peried she has
hlbited it very desponding state of timid, but on supposition
was entertaised that she woad follow the eationple of Ler
hubb.td. On Sstutilay motnAng, 'tower. r, soon after ter
KC Watt out to his employment, she west up t t his fOJILI et
the top of the honer, and baying opened the window threw
h. resit Dom the petal. et. Sh- fall tnto the area below, and
death inset have Men all but ins aManeous, as her droll was
completely mashed lty emitting it, ciiintsei nithnbe stint digs
and she wee otherwise trig hmuly mutilated.

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