The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-04 00:00:00

THE IVELSII COLONY IN PATAGONIA

oiorning was issued official correspond-
once ti .e e,tahlisl,nient of a Welsh colony on
I:i‘cr Chupa• in Volt:nein. Ins letter from Mr.
, 1:11c!,1, y MA, hew t,.• Lord Stanley, dated Minn ft
\ •.1.,1,Uar) In 7. that gentleman says he I
V. bilicie that the ulterior prospects if

• !eektsitre not of a favounthie nature,ana that he has
; Hoed that the government entertained the idea
, • •ocing them front their present locality and of
the:n the choice of Louis near the settlement
I. ~c in the pr A j:IC, of Santa re ; adding that
of the harvest and the unwillingnes,
, • •" rninent to wak.• any further pecuniary advance-

.• hare led to t':at decision. In a subsequent
•!.ic,,t Rustic's Ayres, March 10. Mr. Mathew nay,

•:.• datiaaia t ‘i.ve to the Wel.ll colony in
,—patch of Janualy 10 was at least premature,
•id. that the goveininent had, on consideration,

ai• •1 flair decision for the withdrawal of the
1. • • horn the llittpat. In the same letter, after
• •to.: to a roport of a furtLer large contemplate.'
•••••• from Not th Wale., he rays:—" After
• ~. • with s, renal of the colonists, I ant
•• to tla• conclusion that the climate or the soil is un-
t to the production of crops affording support
populati••n, and I regret that the proptotala
, • .0,,n0r Orono for the transfer of the colony
t .oto fertile lands in Santa F 6 bare not been

.1." The last letter is dated June 12, and the fol.
• i, an extract from it :—"There is but little in the
message calling for especial notice on my part,
ptiug Lai haps the iutincition that the government are
.1,4 to continue to the Welsh colonists on the Chtip:tt
absidy they had hitherto received for oneyear longer,
which period the government will come to a deci
ith rccurd to their future."

THE FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN THE OLD

K ESr.IWAD.

LATF.sT PARTICULAHS.HTHIS DAY.)

The murder by tire Frenchman Louis
3-idier if the amain Ellllll^ Snow, with whom he had
3... n living at :1, Millstead•terrace, Church-street, Old
ot•road, has created, as might have been expected, great
~itement in the locality, and this morning a crowd of
• ....II" visited the terrace, for the purpose of look-
o : the outside of- for they were not allowed to enter—
f:• house where the crime was yesterday committed.
It appears that the murderer intended to destroy the
1.6 rf his children after he had taken that of the woman
lie states that he took up the little baby in his
ii..• for the purpose of cutting its throat ; that he held
it.. ',thy on one arm, and the knife in the other, hut just
as hg M...trout to raise the knife to draw it across the
throat the infant threw back its bead and looted
up ..t him and smiled, and the smile overpowered
him to such a degree that he felt as if be bad not
str, milli left for the deed and placed the infant back
on the IMd. To this simple circumstance it is attributed
the the murderer did not carry out his original intention
of killing all the children of the deceased woman.
olkr was to have separated from his unfortu-
p.a.. victim yesterday, as the deceased refused to live with
blei aey longer. It is thought that she had had a quarrel
wah him before she decided upon separating from
Lin:. The coroner's officer is at present engaged in
getting up eviden& on this point, and after the inquest
it sill be known whether such was the fact or not.

coroner has nut yet axed the time for holding the
in. .o,t.

prisoner is, it may be added, a native of Bordeaux.

I.IFAL BATHINII ACCIDENT AT PECKHAM.

INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)

This forenoon Mr. William Carter, the Surrey
unner, held an inquiry in the Board-room of Camberwell
Corichouse respecting the death of James Harris, aged
P Sears.

T Charles Grant, 25, Gordon-road, Peckham, said that
e deceased was his brother-indaw. He was a carpenter.
John Bremer, a labourer, 5, Hook's-lane, Peckham, raid
at at • quarter past 3 o'clock on Sunday he saw the de-
-ad in Eaetwood's bricktleld, Queen's-road, Peckham.
here is a large pond of water in the field, and three
ming men entered it, although witness advised them
of to go in because the water was stagnant. The
ttom of the pond was very uncertain and sloping.
he deceased was " beery, or • little fresh. '
fore the young men had been in the water two minutes
Ley began to dive. Two of them went down but did not
me up again. The third young man, who did not
' •rowin at the bottom, plunged down after his two cont.
ions and he succeeded in bringing up one alive. The
.ed was, two hours after, brought out of the water
one dead. The deceased had stated that be could swim.
Tic Coroner said he had received • letter which stated
so the ponds were in a very dangerous state. He
ought that boards marked "Dangerous to bathers,"
rht to be put up.
The jury returned a verdict of " Aceidettal death
ith bathing."

WEN PERSONS POISONED WITH MUSHROOMS.

An inquest of a very important character was
Id lost night by Mr. S. F. Laogham, the deputy-coroner
r Westminster, touchiug the death of Mims Annie War-
n. aged 17, who fell a victim, as it is believed, to the
';,onus effect of mushrooms of a certain class. Six other
-woes were also poisoned, including Mr. Alfred Marton,
e Lather, on Italian warehouseman, of 13, North Audley-
raet, Grosvenor-square, who is still suffering.
Mrs. Ann Wharton, mother of the deceased, said her
ily of six, including herself and husband, and wean-
mied by one of their servants, went to Chislehurst for a
ort tine, and on Friday last her now deceased daughter
re gathered some mushrooms in Slade's.wood. Some
ere .elected by her daughter as being good and whole-
.me, and were grilled. Others were submitted to the
dgment of a friend and neighbour, and were con-
tused. Some, very small, were pronounced by him
be good to eat. Some eight or ten were fried
their servant in an ordinary pan with butter, and the
bole family partook of them at supper. The next morn-
^ they were all taken ill, and her deceased daughter was
alarmingly bad that they at once came to town, calling
100 their medical attendant in Spring-gardens, Charing.
osi, on their way home. He most promptly attended,
t her daughter died on Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Robert Cross deposed to attending the deceased, and
!Wing her vomiting incessantly, and in a state of general
tration, undoubtedly from poisoning by a vegetable
kaloid. He had tested the refuse of the stomach, and
aind no signs of mineral poison. She died from erusta-
ihr or mushrooms of a very poisonous character
tool in the woods, of which there was a
riety. He believed they belonged to the class
•powas crusted iwfurutia. She died from the effects of
e poison on Sunday afternoon. at half-pest two. He
;IA add that she had suffered from chronic gastritis and
'acute inflammation of the stomach, which rendered her
le susceptible to the effects of the poison than the other
. who were slowly progressing towards recovery.
.1 verdict of " Accidental death by eating poisonous
brooms" was returned.

FALL Or A CORNICE, AND INJFRY TO SEVERAL
asoxo.—iTmus Day.)—Tbis morning, about half. I
. the cornice of a new betiding now being erectedby 1
rem. Kipperali and White, on the ninth side of Cow•
-street, leading to the Metropolitan Railway station
Farringdon-reill, fell with a tremendous creels into
street, breaking away the main supporta of what
reared to be an excellent scaffolding, and knocking
the ground the scaffold, planking, bricks, mortar, pails,
d workmen employed thereon. This thoroughfare
rq the only one available for traffic from the western to
...igen) part of the metropolis is crowded with vehicles
morning to night, and at the very instant of the fall
the heavy stonework one of the Whiteehapel omnibuses,
lon with passengers, was passing by the hoard in front
th, new erection, and several other vehicles were wait-
ta pus by the spot, which is very narrow. One of the
hll.ll with mortar fell upon the driver of the'bus ; but
gt:h for the moment stunned, he was able in a short time
'lnce away. A young gentleman who sat upon the
ass bespattered from head to foot with mortar. Tho
Taus was partially shattered. and every pane of glass
windows shivered to atoms. Several persons were
or Lis injured whilst riding in or upon the vehicle,
t one of them apparently very seriously. Several per-
' in the causeway and in the opposite
bad a very narrow escape. One poor fellow,
as a mason, was so fearfully injured that he had
immedi itely taken to the hospital, where, upon in-
, '7 of the house surgeon on duty, the reporter found his
'DI, to be very serious. At present the cause of the
mmace cannot he ascertained. No injury is reported
to.ray of the other workmen, but some of them are
vi'Zl and ore said to have gone to receive medical
Ince in the neighbourhood.
N.::kilw EqI'APR FROM DROWNING AT EXMOCTA.
'if ieorge Whitlock bad a narrow escape from being
'";,..4 on Monday at Exmouth. About 9 o'clock in the
Gorge, in company with a man servant, was
water in a rowing.boat, and when near the jetty
passel under the bow of the yacht Vision. Sir
was caught by the bobetay, and, as the tide wee
down at the rate of four miles and a half an hour,
yat was carried away, he being left hanging to the
by his hands. The occurrence was witnessed from
and several persons at once proceeded in • boat
1.• aiishince. But for this prompt rescue Sir George
ho,e been drowned, as he was continually under
the meting of the yacht.
Liverpaol select vestry, at their meeting
'Tay, refused, by a majority of 1.7 to 6, to appoint a
llomsui catholic chaplain to the workhouse.