The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-01 00:00:00

For the month.

1856
1855
1854
Including the " unenumerated" articles, the month's
exports for 1866 are raised to 7,725,7471. against
5,032,416/. in the corresponding month last year, and
7,5,12,9121. in the corresponding month of 1831.

THE LATE EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT AT LIVER.
POOL.— LIVZRPOOL, MONDAY.—At the Liverpool assizes
this morniog, before Mr. Baron Martin, Robett WiLone
carh,er to Messrs. Brocklebank, merchants and shipowners,
of this town, pleaded polity to the minor indie'met t cf lar-
ceny ; whereupon Mr. Serjeant Wilkie' rote to addre,s the
jury in mitigation of sentence, but was atoned by his It rd-
ship, who obi erved that the offence was ote of the greatest
enormity of its clam, and must be v alited with the met rest
punishment the law authorised him to inflict. The prisoner
must therefore be transported for 14 year,.
SUSPECTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A shocking
affair has just occurred at a pith! called Winshaus, near
Chard, in Ssinerretehire. A man of flity years of age,
named Edward Showers, had become much depressed to
spirit, on account of selling some timber for less .ban he
afterwards bound out he could have received f.r it. One
morning last week his 130, aged sixteen, got up to go
to his work, and a few boars after he had left some neigh-
boors found the wife of Showers lying nesrly dead in the
house, with her skull frightfully beaten in. A piece of
iron, with blood upon it, was toned near the poor woman.
On searching for the husband, he was found dead In a well
near the house. The poor woman has not been table to re-
ply to questioas at to her ; and an inquest on the body of
the husband has been adjourned in order to see Moho will
recover, SO that some account of the melancholy affair may,
if possible, be obtained.
THE CONVICT THOROGOOD. On Sunday, the
governor of tie County Oaol, Springfield, received an offi-
cial intimation from the Home Office that her Majesty had
been graciously ',lewd to "extend her ruyol mercy" to
James Thorsgood—convicted at our I.to Me V/ of being
accessory to the murder of Hales, the ganitherwr, "on
condition that he be trausportod beyond Inc sr as for the
term of his eater .1 life."—Chalemfor Chrn vele.
THE SALISBURY AND YEOVIL RAILWAY COMPANY.
—The ceremony of turning the Ant and of Ohs above railway
will take place on Thursday at at. The lien. Min Seymour,
who has undertaken to be the pioneer of tton to whom the
works wall be entreated, will be rereived on the grounds by
the directors of the London and South West, ra and the
Salisbury and Yeovil Companies, and will be thence con-
ducted to the 'pot where the causiony is appointed t) take
place. The point selected for this uperatiur, is near Gating-
hem, to which a procession will be formed, enrsisiing of
the meioses railway officials and numerous relations anti
friends of the lion. Mau Seymour. Arriving on the ground,
• sliver shovel will be h. nde 1 by the elte'rmen to Miss
Seymour, who, aft r talkie g the sod, will place it in
handsomely eathed and polished bestow, sod who lit to
its destined depository. Extensive preparations we in pro-
gress to carry oat the proceedings with eche. A large and
taedsome marquee for the guests (nearly 150 iu number)
invited to partake of the dljei,wr is being erect •d by Mr.
B. Rdgitigton, of Duke-street. At the coeclosirn of the
proceedings thanks will be given to the Hoe Hiss Seymour,
who will be cremated with the silver spade ; sad the whole
mammy wall, it is anticipated, be oue of much intermit.
CITY ORTHOPCEDIC HOSPITAL, HATTON-GARDEN.
At the last meeting of the committee of this inati •
tones (the Rev. Thomas Gregory la the chair),
Mr. B. J. Chum, the surgeon, reported favourably
of the Ip/ogress et the patients under his charge, and
added that a great number of freak eases of deformity bad
been admitted. It was also sanounotd that Baron Rothe-
child, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, Mr. Alderman. and
Sheriff Kennedy, and several other influential gentlemen
had conunt:d to act se stewards 04 the anniversary dinner,
to be p,eoided over by the Lord Mayor on the 15 h of May
next. R. Mercies Peter, Req., war elected on the con.-
mittm.
A London Goldsmiths, Bilveramithe, and Jew-
ellen' Company has been registered ander the new
Limited Liability Act.
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