The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN P,
STREET.

About seven o'clock last evening the unfortunate
man, Richard Cope, who had not previouely articulated a
single word, was heard by one of the nurses in the ward
where he was lying to whisper his ability to eat something.
Immediate information was given to Mr. liarshell, the
hoses surgeon, who, after seeing the patient and consulting
with Mr. Bernard Holt, the senior surgeon, felt it his duty
to communicate with Mr. Walker, chief superintendent of
the metropolitan police, at the King-street station, with a
view to obtain the attendance of a magistrate at the bedside
of the injured man. Mr. Welker at once put himself into
communication with Mr. Burnaby, chief clerk at the Bow-
street police court, who, on learning that there was a pro-
' bability of Cope identifying his assailant, promptly de-
spatched Inspector Bradstock to the House of Detention for
the prisoner, himeelfundertaking to see Mr. Jardine per-
sonally, sad explain the circumstances to that learned ma-
gistrate.
Mr. Jardine, on learning the facts, at once accompanied
Mr. Burnaby to the hospital, where they arrived at 9 o'clock,
end awaited the coming of the prisoner,who was brought in
a cab in charge cf one of the warders of the prison, accom-
panied by Inspector Btadstock, end soother police officer,
very shortly afterwards. On being told by one of the
warders that he was about to be taken to Westminster
' Hospital, the prisoner neither said anything, nor manifested
the slightest emotion. He was securely handcuffed before
entering the cab, end during his transit through London he
made no remark to either of the officers.

Upon the prisoner's arrival at the hospital, Mr. Marshall
having fleet satisfied himself that Cope was in a perfectly
rational state, and able to articulate, allowed Mr. Jardine
and the other officials to be introduced. Mr. Burnaby took
a position dose to the bedside of the injured man, to whom
be ezplained Is a soothing manner the occasion of the
visit, introducing to his Mr. Jerdine,who stood on the other
aide of the patient's bed. All being in readiness, the prisoner
was brought in between two silicas, and placed at the foot
of Cope's bed, In a position allowing full observation of his
features. Tie prisoner bore this trying ordeal with remark-
able nerve, looking down sternly, and unmoved upon the
emaciated ►nd pallid form of his victim, whose personal
appearance was rendered more haggard than it would other-
wise have been by a grizzly beard and moustachioe, which
nearly covered his Gee.
Tie first question addressed to Core by Mr. Burnaby
was—" Do you know the man standing at the foot of your
bed ?"

Cope 'arrayed him with a penetrating glance for some few
moments, end then faintly ejaculated—" Yes."
Mr. Burnaby pursued the question by inquiring how ho
knew the prisoner, upon which Cope replied, in a tremulous
voice, " That is the man who struck me."
Mr. Burnaby neat asked Cope whetter he could tell what
it was be wee struck with ? Cope looked enviously towards
the prisoner, and articulated, in a thick guttural voles,
"A lift-preserver."
Mr. Burnaby then asked the sufferer whether he could
tell how many blows bad been given to him by the prisoner ?
Cope appeared anxious to reply more fully to this inquiry,
but, star an effort, was only able to articulate a simple
N 0...
_ .

Mr. Burnaby, after a short pause, neat asked Cope whe-
ther the prisoner bad spoken to him before cemmeneing to
attack him. The unfortunate man, whose utterance up to
this point bad been gradually becoming more imperfect.
smeared excited by the last question, and in reply muttered
some inarticulate sounds from which nothing mid be
gleaned.
Mr. Burnaby looked towards Mr. Marshall, who all this
time stood at the bedside watching the effect of the exami-
nation en his patient, and on gathering from him that •
*optimisation of this mode of elimination might probably
be very prejudicial to Cops, Mr. Burnaby said he had got
quite enough, and that if the patient would affix his mark
to the deposition he should not be Doubted any further.
Upon this intimation Cope stretched out his hand and
tremblingly affixed his attestation, upon which the prisoner
was removed, and the few present retired,tainfully affected
with the seene they had witnessed.
. .

After the megistrate bad retired, Mr. Marshall informed
Mr. Jardine that the hesitation exhibited by the patient
in rot lying to the last question cectriused a dread of M-
aimed paralysis, and theteore it was that he had felt it
advisable to stop the eaamination when all that was legally
stecessuy had been obtained.
The prboner was conveyed back to the House of Deten-
tion in a cab, 'cc =poled by the officers who had brought
hies to the hospital. His suit from the hospital was a celled
by • great crowd of 'limiters.
After Mr. Jardine had retired, Mr. Walker, chief super•
handset, and Mr. Thornton, principal t dicer of the Lon-
don detective police, cop d a desire to put one other
question to Cope, if his condition w. ted snow it, in order to
assist them in the inquiries they were en.vire f in relative to
the prisoner's scene:Thee. They were desirous to ascertain
whether Cope had any previa, knowledge et his 'melee,
and as they causidered it trebly importelit to tho ends of
juq.ce that acy should ascertsin this feet, Mr. llurnaby,
with the s.nciion of Me. Marshall, undo rook to =Ass the
inquiry. It was done with all due care, and rte patient,
having had half en h.ut's repose, repl,ed by a distinct
negative. He had never seen his nessilant before. A
suspicion which had been entertained is therefore satis-
factorily dispelled.

The Duke of Marlborough, hoe leaned an order,
which hangs up in the porter's lodge, that each person de-
sirous of visiting the interior of Blenheim and its truant's of
art and science, will be free from all charges on payment ef
the suns of Is., and at the loot of this order there is ap-
pended an invitation to the public to make kn .wn at the
steward's office any infraction of it. In respect to the
gardens, open ell and every day (save Sundays)
is the public, the gardener has permission, for
his own and his men's attendance u,-on the
visitors, to require the sum of twopence per head, and
no more. " Othniensis," who has visited the palace and
gardens since the establishment of the firegoing regula-
tions, states that they are strictly carried cut. .4 Sorely,"
he adds, "there is nothing in this which exhibits anything
bet fell symptoms of a desire to gratify the critical desires
of connoiseenre of the fine arts, as well u to conciliate the
goodwill of the pre anus magus, who at the rime time are
allowed the fad nage of the park. It stet be borne in
mind that the conduct of these last is often anything bat
conciliatory. Oar best thanks are certainly due to the Duke
of Marlborough for his new mulattoes, and we can only
say, acne's noon "
Onersizi has removed from Corsica to Pieimont,
and intends, it is mid, to become actively connected with
journalism. " Piedmont (a Turin correspondent of a Ras,
elan paper remark.) presents a curious epectacle at this mo-
ment. Five times less In size thin England, and in the
enjoyment foe eight years only of the institutions which have
had root in the British soil for centuries, it has already be-
come the mayhem of all opinions and pieties, and of person-
ages of every rank. At this very moment, while receiving the
Empress Dowager of Mavis, it opens its doors to the most
famous revolationsries. Orleanists on one side, and Mantises
on the other, are prone, aadieg their opinions; and while
Mamba &pater° Is expected at Genoa, some officers of the
Dos Carlos party seek emp'oyment in the ranks of the
army"