The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-17 00:00:00

IRS S?VSUEUN TABARICAMS.

Yesterday the ceremony of laying the foundation-
stem of this long-talked-of balding wee performed in the
memos of nearly 6,000 persons—about the narabererhich,
it is said, this new chapel is designed to socoramodate. The
site of the proposed building is well chosen, and with aim
riwrd to the requirernenta of that extraordirery popularity
which the reverend preacher who I. to minister within it,
walls has attained. It covers • lags portion of the pine of
waste ground adjoining the great Surrey hone bazaar, tithe
corner of the St. George's cod Newington roads, sad befog
immediately opposite the Elephant sad Castle—the room
of omnibus communication south of the Thames—can faci-
lities of easy and cheep conveyance to the reverend gentle-
men's admuers in whatever part of the teen they may re-
side.
Sir M. Pete, who is • leading member of the particular
breach of dissent to which Mr. Spurgeon belongs, and who
I. • liberal contributor to all projects for encoding the
means of public worship is connexion with it, wee most ap-
propriately selerted for the aloe of honors:, mason for the
amnion, end handled the mallet sad trowel end ganged and
levelled the stone in that masterly WOW" which from
his long experience in the building trade was to be ex-
rzda him. There sere present besides Sir Modes
Mr. Spurgeon, the Lord Meyer. Mr. Pains,
and a great number of Baptist and other dimenting ministers.
After the Divine blessing had been invoked upon the new
tabernacle, and upon the work of those who might be called
to labour within it, the company were invited to deposit upon
the stone their contributions towards defraying the cost of
the ereetioa—en Invitation which we were informed we libe-
rally responded to.
Various addresses were subsegmatly delivered, eppromiete
to the aticemstances of the day—the Lard Mayor, Be, M.
Pato, and Mr. Sparpon, befog amongst the stakers—and
la the evening there wee • tee mem*. and afterwards public
service, and further addresses In the Itepository, ,she,
which win fitted up as a name, end where, by as of the
Crpetel Palen concert chairs, 2,000 of which were hired for
the occselos, Meiners INTO provided for between 2,000 and
2,000 persons. • second collection wee made at this service,
which likewise produced • ounsiderable sum in aid of the
building fund. Amongst the cosisibutions was 1001. from
Sir M. Pito.

MELANCHOLY CASE OP IMPRISONMENT FOR DEPT,
—A coroner's inquest was held on Friday at the county
when of Galway, on the body of Major Theobeld Barnwell
Donnelly, who was arrested on the 19th of October, 185 T,
under a warrant of the Court of Chancery. sthring out of the
emit of " Peel v. Birmingham." Deemed was at the time of
his arrest over 80 ran of age. He teen (says the Vindi-
cator) In a feeble state when be eaters* the prison, and
shortly after his intellect became greedy impaired, though
always of a quiet and mild disposition. He wes weneeted
with some of the drat familiar ha the county, and received se
• tnarringe portion 30,0001. He was for many years a
=of the county of Kildare. The jury, after beating
returned the following verdict .—" That the de-
eared died on the 10th of Aagust, 1859, from natural ewes
and gaunt debility, hastened by a cruel end heartless In-
carceration. under an attachment from the Court of Chan-
cery ; sod we beg to direct the attention of the authorities to
the law of imprisonment for debt, with a view to lts amend-
ment." The body was interred In the evening by the
authorities of the prison at Forthlll Cemetery ; and it is
right to add that they menifeeted •he utmost humanity and
attest/co to the unhappy gentlemen all through his impri-
sonment and illness.
THE MURDER AT Wm.—At the Leeds town-hall
on Moeday two wee, assert Thomas Porker, cloth
dresser, and Will.. Forrest, waterworn, were brought be-
low the saagistrates la a private rum, on a charge of being
coacerned la the murder of Mr. Richard Broughton, on the
Bescroft.road, on the evening of the oth but. At des
eciock on Raturdey afternoon, talective oeerM Jigsaw', of
the Middlesborough police, was laths market-plate of that
town, when he saw the two who wire streagers to
him. He was half tare observing the when Fowker
turned round sad betrayed coasidwable anxiety at the WU.
venture under which he was placed. He wee *bout to de-
camp, in company with Fairest, when the °Hoer noticed that
he, In some eft .ee, stemma the description of the men
" wanted " for the murder at Leeds. He coneequeetly
followed them until he came up with another aloes, end
then took them into custody. The ealy thlog found upon
them was a pocket knife. They admitted leavftg Leeds on
the Sunday afternoon after the reorder, and also admitted
that they were seinewhere agar the spot about the time the
crime rest have been esermilited. At their lodgings were
found two newly washed shhts weep* up in a white hand-
kerchief, sod on the landkercidet were marks of three newly
ed blood
wash spots. A pleat was wily tern of the owner.
Fowker Is said to have bees 11117 sashes when he baud that
the polio, had discovered the beaditembieL and le mho stated
"vrerl"octrAhled übiptadina the tall. ea"' Theal wilmatatauri="l6l.ll"a when
tileiro
identify either of the Ma, diet were d sad their
farm paid back to Milddkehereigh.
Mary Ann Gibbose, the lomat girl charged with
the warder of the obits el a Mate aim 'ld
Thosirswi, wee hem* .10014 to the ram yeeteldty.
scum slitting' *Mom having boss *ow Ws the
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