The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-30 00:00:00

THE FATAL EXPLOSION IN WOOLWICH

ARSENAL.

After our report left yesterday,
Mr. Brown, the foreman, was recalled and interrogated
by Mr. Merriman, who, while conducting the examina-
tion, complained of the comments made by one of the
jury, who be insinuated was not free from partisanship.
The juror indignantly tepudiated the iusiuuation, and
said he was not interested in the cause of the govern-
ment.

The Foreman said they could readily understand that
Mr. Merriman was driving towards a certain end. The
jury wanted the story of both sides.
The juror said be would not be insulted by Mr. Mend.
man. If Mr. Merriman made offensive remarks ho ought
to be compelled to leave the room.
The Coroner hoped there would be no unpleasantness.
Mr. Merriman said he hoped the conduct of the juror
would not compel him to speak as he bad done.
The Coroner asked Dr. Briscoe when the lads Lee and
Driscoll could be examined.
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Dr. Briscoe replied—lna fortnight.
Mr. Merriman informed the coroner that be had three
witnesses to examine.

The Coroner said an adjournment VAS necenary, and
he would accordingly adjourn to the kith of lioveusber,
at 10 o'clock.

Dowl•nNia-terszar, Ocr. 26.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Charles Tun4t.Ll Hyde, Esq., to be
Auditor-General for the Island of Antigua. —Gazette.

Tue HULL STATUE OF ANDREW MARVEL —A
marble statue of Andrew Marvel, executed by Mr. W. D.
Keyworth. jun., of Hull and Loudest, and presented to the
town by Mr. Winship, was inaugurated on Monday at the
Town Hall, Hull. The ceremony took place on the ground
landing where the statue has been placed. There were pre-
sent the Mayor (Alderman Loft). Mr. James Clay, M.P.,
Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Pease, Captain Von Donop (her
Majesty's ship Dauntless), Sc. The Mayor, after briefly
opening the proceedings, called upon Mr. Winship to make
the presentation. Mr. Winship stated that fortune having
smiled upon him, he had felt a strong desire to give the
town a lasting and substantial memorial of one of those
men of whom they were so justly proud, and after long
and careful thought he had fixed upon presenting • statue
of the illustrious patriot and senator, Andrew Marvel.
He therefore begged that the corporation would, on behalf
of the town, accept the statue. The town clerk having
read the deed of gift, the mayor, after having made some
remarks, called upon Mr. James Clay, M.P., to formally
unveil the statue. Mr. Clay, in Iluin- so, remarked that
the fact of this statue being • memorial of a Hull man
whose name had become illustrious, and that it had been
executed by a Hull artist who was acquiring a great and
deserved reputation, was • contradiction to the old
proverb, that a prophet has no honour in his own country.
Andrew Marvel was one who distinguished himself by his
incorruptible patriotism in au age when corruption was
almost universal. The statue was then formally unveiled
amid loud applause. Lieutenant-Colonel ream called for
three cheers for the donor, which were heartily given, as
were also three cheers for the artist.

TEE IRISH RAILWAY COMMIS,ION. —The COM-
missioners appointed to inquire into the state of Irish
railways will arrive in Dublin this week, and have invited
chairmen, secretaries, and managers of lines to meet
them at the Bhelbouniu Hotel on Saturday, the •-bid of
November.
AN OLD MASTER'S DEVIOE.—IL was a hot
Eastern afternoon, and while he was expounding some
intricate subtlety of the law, his heaven quietly fell away
in drowsy slumbers. AU of a sudden he burst out:
"There was once a woman in }:cypt who brought forth
at one birth six hundred thousand i ken." And our readers
may fancy how his audience 'tatted up at this reuiarkable
tale of the prolific Egyptian woman. Her name, the
muter calmly ceed was Jochebed, and she was
the mother of Moses, who was worth as much as all those
six hundred thousand armed men together who went up
from Egypt. The professor then, after a brief legendary
digression, proceeded with his ll intricacies. and his
hearers slept no more that afternoon.—Quorterly Reriew,
new number.
THE ROYAL HOSPITAL FOP. DISEASES or THE
('Hear, Ctrritrian.—Dr. G. Goddard Rogers, M.R.C.P.,
of r;rosvenorstreet. has been ai 'pointed a physician to
this hospital, via Dr. B. W. Richardson, resigned.