The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-14 00:00:00

CRICKET.

COUNTY OF 81119811 X V. MARTLIBONZ CLOT AM) 01.017110.
Yesterday play was resumed at a few minutes before noon, the
not outs" proceeding with their innings. The game stood as
follows when the stamps were drawn :--Sassez, first innings,
111: second innings, Doren wickets down, 373. hiarylebons,
first Innings, lilt.

(lirom).—M 12.10 yesterday play
was resumed at the Oval The game steed ea follows when the
stumps were drawn:—surrey, grit tentage, ICI second innings,
two wickets down, 122. Middlesex, drat innings, EQ.

THE ROCHE ABBEY MTIEDEB.—IL will be re-
membered that on the night of the 9th of April, 1864, a
young man named George Cooper, a gardener, was brutally
murdered near Roche Abbey. About 10 o'clock on the
evening in question he left the village of Brookhouse for
the purpose of visiting his parents, but on his way called at
• public house kept by a Mr. Mottram. Here he bad some
liquor, and treated the company, amongst whom war •
young fellow named Saigithon. Shortly afterwards
Cooper went away, but he never reached his father's
house, and his body was found the following morning
lying in a pool of blood, and by his aide was a
hedge stake, on which was blood and human hair.
Suspicion attached to Sargiason and Denton, and they
were indicted for the murder at the Leeds wises. The
former was sentenced to be hung, but the grand jury
threw out the bill against Denton. Sorenson, to the
hour of his death, asserted that his share in the killing of
Cooper was little more than that of a , and all
efforts to shake him in hie amertion f He alined
Denton with having been the active agent in the business,
and represented himself as beim purely passive. He told
the chaplain that Denton planned the attack, that Denton
struck the fatal blow, and that Dentoa completed the
business by beating out the lingering embers of life. To
the Bishop of Ripon, who joined in the earnest entreaty
that he would not
.go out of the world without clearing
anybody of suspicion of complicity, if he alone were
guilty of the deed, Sargisson said, "If I could say any-
thing to clear Denton I would, but be struck the blow,
and I cannot free him." Since that time Sargisson has
been hanged, and Denton dragged on a miserable exist.
ewe until Wednesday, when it is he died asseve-
rating his innocence of the murder. Telegraph.
CAPTURE OP • CHAMELEON ON SNOW-HILL.—
A chameleon was ran over on Tuesday last by a cab on
Snow-hill, where the road branches off to avoid the Hol
barn-valley improvements. When first observed the little
reptile was slowly creeping up the spoke of the wheel,
which had nearly amputated its tail. Its reamer, fearing
to touch the creature with his uncovered hand, rolled it I
up in his handkerchief and brought it to our aloe for
identification. On opening the parcel we found it con-
Seined • chameleon (Meade° Africanus). It had been
badly injured, the wheel of the cab having grazed the
skin from off • considerable portion of its tail. We pur-
chased the quaint-looking lizard, and having immensely
alleviated all injuries by the judicious application of
glycerine, and its health by a feed of peen caterpillars,
we are happy to stets that thohamaLon e
Show-bill is in a fair way to convalescence,Verdon
reptile
must have escaped from some package while being oos-
mod from one part of London to another. Nimbly it
might hays been brought hem a ship recently arrived
from abroad.—Land mad Wafer.
At a quarter past 1 o'clock yesterday
ere wag at No. 1.3, Oellingwood-tarraae
Maw . filearglaa Raeditt, IV pert at ap, a
wn barsd
to death to bar bed.