The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

THE MURDER ON TEA MOH BE4B.

The Portuguese seaman, Pietro Francesco Guist+,
rime who wee convicted a • very .hocking murder on heed
a vowel called the Mamma oft We incaday Int, was 'CILIA. 1
immediately after the trial to the cell or ward appropriated to
convicts under solace of death, and the sheriff, felt it their
duty at ones to communicate to him that Holiday, the 14th
of November, was the day appointed for hie execution. His
did not exhibit the least emotion, but continued to show the
same calm demeanour that has characterised him since helms
been in Neiman. He appears to be a remarkably quiet,
itielfmaive man, and hi. education appears to be very
superior to that of an ordinary common seaman. He dose
not seem to have a single friend or connexion in this•-autry,
and he would have been entirely without legal essiseeare at
his trial if Mr. Jonas, the 'overlie( of Newman, Mang that
he was a Portuguese, or that he at all events reprobated
himself as such, had not communiceted with the repreleste-
tin of the Portuguese government in this country who im-
mediately came to visit the unfortunate man, and took the
necessary steps to procure counsel to defend him. The
circumstances under which the crisis was com-
mitted, it will be remembered, were very extraordinary,
and no apparent motive appeared to exist for the der
operate act committed by the printer. The prisoner
dues not eves now appear to be aware of what has occurred,
sad he repeatedly exclaiens that he did not kill the captain,
or, according to his own expreftion, Me no kill captain ;
me fond of the aquae." A very general impression per
at the trial that the preicser would have been ac-
quitted oa the ground of insanity ; and the lamed judge
who tried him (Mr. Justice Williams) made several abatis-
time that would have fully justified the jury in returning
such a verdict. What could have been the object of the
prisoner, even if he had succeeded in killing or disabling the
whole of the crew, it would be dtfecult to imagine, as he
could not have navigated the vessel himself ; but it appears
that there was a suggestion that he intended only to have
killed four or five of the men on board, and that he expected
this would have intimidated the others, and that they would
have satiated him in running away with the vemel. No
information whatever has been nbtaind relative to the
primmer except that it appears be was for a short
time in the hospital at Idaho before he shipped
on board the vessel when the tragical affair occurred,
and it was stated that he was treated as a lunatic ; but there
does not appear to be any foundation fur this statemect, and
that he was merely en ordinary patient. Ac la the case with
most Beane, the prisoner le marked upon several pans of his
person, and °lithe right arm there is them:Meow representa-
tion of the black pirate flag and a death'. head and mor-
asses. The prisoner is a Roman catholic, sad upon his
requesting to ma a minister of that religion it was at once
complied with, and the Rev. Mr. Stanton has visited his
constantly both before and since his conviction. Thar;
thou; it appose, resided for a oonaidcrable time at
and speaks the Portuguese language quite fluently. Thi
Portuguese authorities have been in communication with the
Sheriffs since the conviction, end it is understood that they
intend to memorialise the Home Secretary, and ask that the
life of the unfortunate man may be sparest on the ground that
he was not ronsable fur his actions at the time the offence
was committed.