The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-22 00:00:00

THE 11101IMOND NMI&

After the sentence of death had been pasied ninon
DT. Smethurst the warrant of the court, signed by the
Chief Baron, was handed to Mr. Jonas, the governor of
Newgate, for his removal to the county gaol of Battey;
Horseeneoger-lane, but, as a great multitude offered= were f
waiting fa the Old Bailey swore to catch a glisepea of the
prisoner, 'abscission' mode was resorted to in order to avoid
noeftedon. A cab was driven to the door of the gaol, In
which it was of course expected that he would be taken;
away, but Instead of this the prisoner was taken by 11150..1
Jonas and Humphrey., the prindpal warder, through VW
smarts and by the enthuse to the Mew Couit Into the Old •
Bay, where a cab was in rowillsee, wed he was safely
lodged in Horeemoager-lans Gaol OOP the crowd were
swan that he had left Newgate.

Since the prisoner has been oonfinbd in Newpte be has
upon several occasions opposed desirous to enter into con-
versation with thole about him "mon the subject of his
crime ; end ha appeared very anxious to impress them with
the idea that there Was no foundation for the charge of
murder. There is, however' this singular reeemblaabe
between the prisoner and William Palmer, that he
evidently has some reservation on his misid;as be Invariably
de that " arsenic" wee not the cause of death; and it
will be ressenthered that down to the lest moment Palmer
declared that Cook did not die of " strychnine," and that it
was reasonably inferred, from the obeervatiose he made, that
some other deariptkm of poison had been made nee of. On
the way hum Newpte to Horeemonger-lane Gaol, Dr.
Smethurst spin repeatedly declared his innocence, and
smarted, es be did Wane sentence was pronounced spinet
him, that the elutes hod berm made up from ill feeling to-
wards him ; and it appears that since lie bee been in moans-
meat he has repeatedly made use of the expression that Dr.
Taylor would rather his life should be 'donated than that
his own teputation amid be in any way eared or in-
jured. _ .

For a groat many years Monday was the day upon which
executions took place ta the county of Surrey, but owing to
its being necessary to erect the scaffold on the top of
the gaol on Sunday, and arms remarks havlog beats
made upon the subject the day was altered to Tues-
day. tinder the ordinary Gonna the execution will
take place on Tuesday fortnight, but the sheriff has the entire
pewee of making the serangensesta in them matters, end he
may appoint an earlier or later day, if he thinks prow to do
so, but ne all probability the execution will tabeelese an the
day above named. Dr. Smethurst appears to be a mat of
strong nerves, and he does not seem at all slimed at his
position, but quite as cool and collected as before end during
hie long trial. It ap front observation made by him
thee each day's ings had closed that teethe first three
days he felt a strong confidence that he should be acquitted,
and after Dr. TAOtr had been examined, when the oourt
adjourned to take refreahnient, he expressed himself to the
effect that his evidence bad been entirely destroyed by the
mose-examination of Serjrant Pany, that the jury could not
pine any relines upon it, and that consequently be must be
acquitted. When, however, the Lord Coke Baron com-
menced summing up, and it was evident that he had token:a
very strong view of the case senoras to the prisoner,
his confidence woe speedily dispelled, and after the
tint day's summing up he regarded the issue with
very great anxiety, end this amounted for his al-
tered appearance on the last day of the trial. Sins Dr.
Smethurst he been in confinement be has only been visited
by one relative, his brother. Although the age of the pri-
soner was elated to be only 43, it is certain that be is several
years older, his marriage with his first wife having taken
place thirty yeses ago, she being at that time 44 or 45 years
old. This fact has been ascertained in rather a singular
manner, sod it appears that in the very year when the find
rearnage took place, 1828, the Owner was in cartody at
Ronemonger-lane Gaol epee • charge of obtaining goods
by false pretences, sad at that time his age was stated to be
24, so that he would be new 54 yeasts old, and this is believed
to be his cornet sp. He wee under remand at this time for,
a week and was then discharged by the magistrate.
Some doubts appear to be entertained, notwitheterellog del
oonviceion and sentence of the prisoner, whether the capital.
@esteem will be carried one. It is said that during the
trial an opinion was expressed in high quarters
that it was a case fur a oonveueo, but not one it whisk the
capital punishment should be carried out, and this opinion
seems to be very considerably confirmed by the fact that the
Chief Baron, in pasting sentence, merely made some ob-
servations in reference to the crime end to the prisoner's
statement, and omitted altogether to tell him that there was
no hope, and to prepare to leave this world, which is always
done in cams when the judge intends the sentence of death
to be corded out This may have been se accidental omis-
sion in the excitement of the moment, but persons well
quisiilled to form a judgment infer that it wee bilendonak
aed that the crown will be recommended to spare the hie of
r. the meaner, end commute the capital sentence to one of
penal servitude for life.

ATTEMPTED NUMMI ON PLAISTOFF-XABSII.

At the Ilford special serious on Saturday, James
Dishy, s hammer, wee charged with stabbing a man named
John Sharp in the face villa a clasp knife, and who is at
present lying in a dying stars in the Poplar Hospital.
Pollowconstable 341 li, deposed that on Monday night
last, between ten end eleven o'clock, while on duty neer the
north dde of Plefetow marsh, he heard a cry of "Murder
end" Police." Witness hastened to about the centre of the
marsh, and sew the prisoner struggling with the man Sharp
upon the ground. Witness separated them, and found
Sharp bleeding from a deep wound in the left cheek. He
informed whim.. that the prisoner bad stabbed hisa with,
_a
pocket knife. The primmer did not deny the charge, add
said, " Yes, it served him right." The injured man was
seen by a surgeon, who dressed the wound and ordered hjs
Immediate removal to the hospital, whither be was conveyed
la a cab.
The following certificate was banded to the magietrate
" I hereby as/ay that John Shvp is lying in a very dan-
gerous condition from en incised wound of the face, which
will no doubt prove faiaI.—MATTINEW BionsiELD, Howe-
surgeon of the Poplar Mullet"
The Chairman (to tbe prisoner)—Have you anything to
say in answer to this very 'Mons charge of cutting and
wounding P
Prisoner (sullenly)— No, I have not.
The Chairman—Then you stand remanded until Saturday
nut.

Tlis prisoner vu accordingly conveyed back to Ilford

gam.
The constable, in answer to the Chairman, said that every
march had bees made for the knife with which the injury
had beam indicted, but it had not been found.

RAILWAY Turric.—The traffic returns of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom for the week ending August
13, atoomitad to 643,0961., and for the corresponding week
of 1666 to 616,2101., showing an increase of 28,6804 The
gross noelpts on the eight railways having their termini in
the metropolis amounted to 236,064/., end (or the cor-
responding period of Met year to 223,8391, showing en
=room al 12.2031. The ilkeilleMl on the Enetarn Coun-
ties railway amounted to 2821. ; on the Great Northern to
3.0141.• on the Groat Wasters to 1,0951.; on the London
and Nieth Western to 4,830 t.; on the London sad Blank-
wall to 41.; on the Loudon, Brighton. sad South Coast
to (411.• on the London sad t 4.111111 WMtern to 1,/N21.•
sad on ;he South Eastern to 1,3641 ; total, 12,2061. Thi
mcapta on the other lines in the United Kingdom
entounted to 307,8261.; ow:I foe the corresponding week
of last year to 291,3 i/., showing sn Morena@ of 16,471 L,
whkh,
helda to the foretaste os the metropolitan t
oes,
makes total Increase AWOL as coward widish. oor-
nopoodiog week of 1838.

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