The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

BURIAL OF A FELO-DE-SE AT JUDNIGHT.

For the first time within a nuaetpr of s thettet,
Norwood Cemetery was last midnight the swae rids
burial without Christian rites of the corlthe of a Melee.
The coroner's jury which, last evening at 6 site,
found that the commercial clerk, William George n
liams, had committed the crime of seltrarder, ee
upon Mr. Serjeant Payne the smithy, 4
rs:idng his warrant for the burial of the MO
by torchlight between that time and midnight. fele
verdict of felo-de-se returned at Guy's Regal,
xis in the case of a person who died there the thy re
ago, and on that occasion the horrible form of &op
stake into the body was gone through. The ghastly OW
mony was performed in the burial ground silith
l eat lois
hospital, and it is said to have been almost the ast Were
in which that obsolete barbarism wash tnessed is Lathe.
Lest the tradition should be by any miens
out In the present case, t
coroner expresely ordeesitiat
no stake should be used.
About 9 o'clock last night a common rinthererti
drawn by an old horse, emerged from the hospice! pia
The end of a deal coffin hung over the tabard, 99
eth
name Williams written on it withsuicide. In the was
a bit of chalk, arid
that it contained the body of the
of an hour the cart, with its burden, was drawn spa tie
highway, alongside a hedge at Norwood. The sigth viith•
man at tae cemtery was called and informed of thaw
nese on hand.e The functionaries at the aryl
were just going to bed, and were conk*
taken by surprise by the production of the Wg.
rant for an immediate burial so late at lied. _!l,l*
Gardiner, the superintendent, sent messengentothelsr
bat
bouring public-house, and was fortunate enough toes
grave-diggers there. These men were Prospt "
work to dig a grave at the soutb-east eviler of too*
tery beneath Dome lime trees. When the gran=
enough the cart, which had been left out on the
was driven into the grounds. Three men wtherescrline/
lifted the coffin from the cart, and, guided II Ow Sim
in light of lanthorns, carried it to the rostllsear
either end,e near the bottom, a candle was steekl!nt
earth, where, screened from the wind, wilichble,wW,
and whistled through the trees. they cast a mkt/ W"
upon the yellow clay. The coffin was la sae
pkos by means of ropes. The earth Val ,
...,
shovelled down and stamped in, the lights wen r''"
all was over.
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Fffiffifia/. ow Balloting Fefinigago ot POO
CHILD.—Yesterday, in conformity with the Titled el
Jewish religion, the remains of the lareeetel bef,
daughter of the Baron Lionel de Rothschild, on,
veyed from the mansion in Piccadilly to fits
dainble'
sepulture at East Elan. The hour flied for
tore of the funeral procession was 10 o'clock ; spa bit°,
that time a very large crowd had assembled, rOw
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general desire of paying a last tribute ofd pect O
whose loss will be felt beyond the precinoi re,
_J.°
family. The coffins of mother and child had beesPP' '
in the vestibule, with two lighted silver o'o
1
the head of the bier ; and shortly after the tiresome
for the removal, the hearse received its sad load, 01l
followed from the door of the mansion by 6,trillo .
114011r111114 coaches, to the number of fifteen, in fetus{ i
the relations and friends of the deported. TO i
grief was evident throughout the numerous un.
mourners, and in some instances it was unomeow ,
The Baron Lionel de Rothschild was with &Sabi •
ported to his carriage.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETTSOS 10 111,
INSCHIG WEEI.—Monday—Geographical, at B.ilro
Geography of Lower Indus," Colonel ~..„
" Pengong Lake, Thibet," Captain Godwin-Metes._ 2:
day—Royal Academy, at 8, " Anatomy," hir Fin
Engineers, at 8, " Communication between Pa
ss ~,
Guards on Railways," Mr. Preeoe ; lor4
" Ethnological Results of Arab Conquest of t,,ik
Crawford ; Archleology and Ethnological Prob so
Dunn. Wednesday--Microscopical, at 8, I.•i
Species of Tube-bearing Rotifers," Mr. Deis; good'.;.,
Arts, at ft, " Old London," Mr. Croce. Thursday—%
matic, at 7 ; Syro-Egyptian, at 71, " Vale of Achit'fbit
Ainsworth • Mathematical, at 8, " GeornetticslDO ....
Professor doyley ; " Symbolical Development of s
std'
Clans of Functions," Mr. 0. C. De Morgan ; lio•L!`)
Zoological, at 84, " Sponges in British 1:!orenn• i
Gray ; " Gasp murinus, Mr. Murray ;
Simia," Mr. Ilivert ; Antiquaries, at 84.—Athera01,
DiffyitEsa AT GREENWICH. —The Rev, Dt,..:14';
vicar of Gre.mwich, renews his apreal on I'l7loo
suffering artis ins of Greenwich. " ant orsu'i sogri
"on the very best authority, and from mu ,
information, that the distress is eery real, sod!.
numbers have been not, as I thought, emarno
understated. They are now given as not l thral.
An agent who has dispensed relief by person' "-,.0*
assures me that the distress is ' heartrending. o' g
lent Greenwich clergyman bears the same testingel:a
own curates tell no other tale. The homes of wan,
are being stripped, and the shops of the p.'5,,f
filled. What relief has been given has been rrorlis
gratitude, not seldom with tears. And lam rIF°II,O
be able to assure you that I have received frorLin.;4ol
Woolwich fade lsewhere contributions for so rigg
members of their own class, with thussurance rosioe
will be continued by instalments. attester „t/
their entire belief of the reality of their did".
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Flimsy, Dec. 7.—Admissions on psYnrt,
by season tickets, 1,017 ; total visitors, 1,14".

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