The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

THEFT OP £290 BY AN INSPECTOR OP POLICE.

At the Newcastle &seizes, yesterday, before Mr.
Judas Lash, Hoary Doesldiom lste en tiiter of pollee
in Newcastle, was indicted for bavieg robbed Jelin Mur-
phy. • labourer at the Felling Musical Woks, et
M. in the month of January, 180. The ease exalted
immense inteeeet„ and the mart and its neighbourhood
were crowded with anziess spectators. The feats of the
ore are that in the month named Murphy bad received
3001. in notes from the Bank of England, and soon after-
wards he got drunk--eo drank that he became iamsosibls.
He was then found by • policeman' and takes to the
station. On being searched, notes to the amount of 2901.
were found epee him, and also some gold. This amount
was not entered in the charge book, but was laid on the
office table. A few beers afterwards Murphy recovered
from his dellanch, and was allowed to leave the station.
Before doing so, however, he &eked for his mow, sad
Donaldson handed him one or two sovereigns, and some
small change. Murphy asked where his sides were,
and Donaldson mid be did not know. Thee oe the follow-
ing morning Murphy went to the Bank et Eagland and
stopped payment of the motes. Nothing more was heard
of the lose till • few weeks slue, when two or three
of the notes found their way to the bank, and.
of onus, they were stopped. loquirke were set on
foot by the police, sad it was found that Donald-
son's mother had changed them, sad that Ingo=
she bad given different names. After this
was apprehended, and before the magistrates confessed to
the robbery. It has Mom trenepired that Murphy bad had
some talk with Donaldson about the robbery, when Murphy
insinuated that he thought the police knew more than they
liked to tell about it. Donaldson told him his money woe
lost. Murphy said be would give 501. reward if he scald
get hie money bask, and Donaldson replied that it was so
food offering • reward, the motley would long since bus
been suet by some soundreL A like conversation to this
took ps at • subseqeent period also. When Amadeu'
was apprehended .ZO/. in notes was found in his
house. After he had pleaded guilty yesterday • number
of witnesses, among them the Chief Constable and Mr.
04:tubeilke Temple, were called to give the tabour • good
character. Mr. Blackwell then addressed the court I.
mitigation of untsbece, ovine that Donaldson lad ever
since the robbery repented of his crime, and had tried to
find out Murphy, but without income, else the money
would have bees :stared to him. Prisoner bad even asked
the catholic clergy to announce in their chapels that Mr.
Murphy was wanted. but he had not been able to and the
men. This surprised the spectators who knew the real
state of the rise, and was regarded as an extraordinary
assertion. The lammed judge said it woe • psinfal and
very extraordinary ore. and he should lake time to ODD-
eider the sentence.

ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR
WIGAN.-PITE PERSONS INJURED.

Yesterday morning, between seven and eight
o'clock, an explosion of gss took place at one of the pits in
Bryan Noss Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Entwistle and
Wititle, and five persons wen burned, two of them very
aerionly. The pit is situated in the township of Ashton,
on the hanks of the Manebester Canal, and is within about
half a mile of the Highbrooks Colliery, where, a few weeks
ago, thirty persons wen killed by an accident of similar
character. Then are two shafts at the colliery, and both
the five-feet and the four-fest mines are worked. The
accident occurred in the npeast shaft, which is 120 yards
in depth, and finds employment for about &hundred bands,
who are engaged in getting the four-fest mine. It is cus-
tomary for the men to comnissee their labours in the marli-
ng with lamps, but, 1111 the work presentee, and they be-
come snared that any accumulation of gas which might
have taken place has dissppeared, they nee naked candles.
Yesterday moruing, it is said, the foreman examined the
places se usual, and nothing $o indicate danger was per-
ceived. Soon after the men arrived and began their woek,
which had only progressed an hour or so when the gas
was find in some of the plans, end five peaces ware in-
jured. The two moat aevenly burned are George Adam-
son, collier, an aged man. and James Grundy, his drawee.
Footsore entertained that anther will recover—both having
been shockingly scorched about the head, face, and body.
The names of the other pawns injured we James Lowe,
Joseph Hodkinron, and Lawrence, all depose. Their ta-
juries are not of serionsalisraonv. It was surmised that
Adenine fired the gas, bet this. he says, is not the feet—
the explosion occurred elsewhere, and he and his drawee
received their injuries when lying with their faces to the
floor, to snipe the effects as the flame paned over them.
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Sr. DAVID'S-DAY AT HTON COLLEGE. —St.
David'easy befog a whole holiday at Eton is always looked
forward to as the artomemement of the bristle( Demos.
and consequently the 6ret day on which all the crews pay
their visit to "Old Burley.' The proosasion of Mate will
leave Windsor at 12 o'clock from the rafts of fiserle,
Goodmen, end Tolloday. in the following order, under the
command of Captain Rell:—Upper boats—Monarch. ten-
oar ; Victory, eight-oar ; Prince of Wale; eight-oar.
Lower boat—Britansia, eight-oar; Dresdnolght, eight-
oar; Thetis, eight-ear; Si. George, eight-oar; Defiance.
eight-ciar. Mier partaking of some fight refreshment,
the mews will again man their boats and return to Winders.
The crew to row the Weettniester will shortly be selected.
The four-oars will commence their season in the course of
a week.
SUDDEN HEATH Or COLONEL HERBERT, M.P.—
A earrespoodent of deeniders' News writre. auk. JAW og•
Tuesday :—" Deep regret is felt in Limerick to-day at the
intelligence whisk reached bore from Mare of the rather
sudden and =expected death of Coked Herbert, for
the smarty of Kerry, who expired at Dannyea Caatie last
sight, where he and his family, and some other diatin
grebe, bad been al a visit far some days past
Wield reennewee hes spread dismay is the neighbour-
hood of Adam, especially in the household of the Earl of
Duaraven. where, during the previous day, mirth and gaiety
prevailed.*
HORITTALL POE DISZAIRIE OP TIM Calor, VICTORIA-
PAIE.—The number of patients relieved at this institution
durbeg last week was 1,313, of which 282 were new cams.