The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN CANNON-STREET.

Up to 10 o'clock last night the murderer of the
woman Million had not been apprehended, and the matter
remains as much a mystery as at first, baffling all attempts
to solve it by the City police at present. From the begin-
ning they have had nothing tangible on which to act, and
have been driven to vague conjecture. On one thing they
appearto be agreed— namely ,that robbery was not the motive;
but beyond that all is uncertain. It appears to admit of
question that the first husbandof therleceased is really dead,
whatever bearing that may have upon the matter. Her maiden
name was Perry, and in INI3, when she was married to the
second husband, Nilson (now dead), it wax in the name of
Swan, and she was described am widow. Since the murder
a brother of the deceased, residing out of London, has
stated that he did not even know, until now, that she was
married, she all along
hadhavin invariabl used ber maiden
name whenever she occasion to write yto him. The man
improeed to be her first husband is believed to have gone to
America some years ago, and before her marriage with Mill-
eon ; but whether be is living or dead is not now exactly
known. It is beyond a doubt that she was married to Mal-
vin, for a properly authenticated certificate of the marriage
register was twoduced at the inquest on Friday last, and
she may, before contracting the second marriage, have
known or had reason to believe that her first husband was
dead. The police have more than one theory as to the
murder, and these they are now engaged in testing by in-
quiries and by degrees ; but it is a tedious procern, there
being literally nothing beyond conjecture to work upon.
Some of the moat acute and experienced of the city detec-
tive force are engaged in the investigation, and they are
pursuing it with the greatest zeal and caution, determined,
if possible, to find out by whose hand this foul crime has
been perpetrated, and to maintain their own reputation,
which on these occasions is always more or lesa put upon
its trial. That robbery was not the motive for the deed
is shown by the fact that the key of an iron safe, with
which the deceased was intrusted by her masters at nighta,
was found upon her after the murder, with ITh. in silver,
and nothing appears to have been disturbed in the count-
ing-house or warehouses.

A notice of motion has been given by the Rey.
William Denton, M.A., for the next meeting of the Se-
ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,
in relation to the bishopric of Victoria, Hong Kong, which
has been vacant score] months. It is said that the bishopric
has been offered to several gentlemen, but refused in ece-
sequence of the unsatisfactory state of the °olnniat ei im-
pale. Mr. Denton's motion is es follows :—" That the
attention of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury be
Ily called to the deplorable rate of the bishopric
I.:fag:l:Kong, and that his grace be requested to tare
such steps as in his judgment may seem desirable to pro-
, vide bishop for the relent diocese."
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private view from noon till 8 p.m. on Saturday, 1,301. On
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admis-
sion to the public, 64.), open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.,
1,051. Total, 13,579. from the opening of the Museum,
5,943,358.
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LONDON, TUESDAY, A HUD 17.

" PAtes AT LAST !" is the conspicuous heading
of the most conspicuous column of the American
journals brought us by the last mail. The Pazsi-
DENT'S Proclamation of the close of the civil wet,

abridged by the telegraph, has been seen by our
readers. It tells all that is essential in regard to
the fact of the accomplishment of peace ; but it is
necessary to read the document at length to
enter into the feelings of the American

people on this ratification of the news
which fired their hearth and moved their
magnanimous spirits a year ago. The re-
cital of the stages of the rebellion, and of
the progress of the war, and of the necessary sus-
pensions of civil liberty involved in such a strife,
must be almost as pathetic to the loyal as to the
humbled citizens, and devout is the thankfulness
with which they hear at last of the restoration of
the writ of Habeas Corpus, the expiration of the
war power in the hand of the PRESIDENT, the
cessation of the military occupation of the South
(with the exception of Texas, which is still in a
state of disorder), and the consignment of the con-
stitutional government of the Republic to the
proper hands—those of the Federal Congress.
At this long-desired and long-expected moment,
the same hope and prayer are no doubt uppermost
in the hearts of all good citizens at home, and of all
true friends of the Republic abroad, that Congress
may prove itself adequate to the solemn and noble
duty which has at length devolved upon it. Its
members in both Houses have such an obligation
now resting upon them, that to have had
a seat in that Legislature on the 3rd of
April, 1866, will be a cause of honour or
of shame to descendants in far future gene-
rations. If the cry of " Peace ! " was heard in the
streets of the great cities on that morning, and was
carried on echoing voices into every recess of the
hills and over the widest stretch of the prairies,
and deep into the woods beyond the Mississippi,
what thrill must it not have awakened in those
who are gathered together in Washington for the
very purpose of resuming the works of peace,
andj securing the rule of law and personal
liberty over the whole Republic ! It is too
true that they have not yet shown themselves
equal to their function. It is true that after a
year's interval they have proposed no policy in re-
gard to the most solemn occasion that ever appealed
to the national legislature. It is true that through
their default, the Executive has been induced and
enabled to render their action more difficult, if not
to encroach upon it. But the moment has arrived
when they can show a will and a power to do what
is right and sufficient. The time is short for such
a work as they have to do. If the session were
necessarily to close next month because they have
resolved that it should, there would scarcely be
time for the accomplishment of any one great
measure of policy ; but they can sit longer if they
choose, and the country will expect from them that
they shall have determined the political relations of
the penitent States, and shall have secured the per-
sonal liberties and civil rights of the negroes before
they rise from their task. We observe that much is
said on all hands about a compromise easily to be
effected between the Southern States and Congress,
or between the PRESIDENT and Congress, on the
case of the Freed people. However this may be,
the plainest truth of all is that there must be no
compromise of the duty and the power of Congress
in regard to the protection of the negroes. The
obligation is clear ; the power is undisputed ; and
there are no conceivable circumstances which can
excuse the Government as a whole—the Executive,
Congress, and the Supreme Court—for failing,
more or less, in the national pledge to the negroes
that they shall share the republican privileges of
" life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." To
every inhabitant of the Union the proclamation of
peace signified this and no leas ; and the pledge
must be fulfilled to one and all.

WoREIND MEN'S CLUB AND INSTITUTE, CREWE,
—A very interesting and successful meeting took place on
Friday, at this great railway station, in the large Town-
hall, built by the company, and the use of which was
given by the managers. There is a good Mechanics' Insti-
tute with about 400 members, but the company employ
about 5,000 artisans and labourers in the manufacture and
repair of locomotives, and very few of them make use of
the advantages that institute offers. Hence a desire on
the part of its indefatigable secretary, Mr. Winstanley,
to have a club established, either in connexion
with or independent of it. Mr. Webb, C. F..,
second in command over the whole of the com-
pany.'s works, took the chair in the absence of the
principal engineer, Mr. Itiumbottom, who had recently
sustained a domestic bereavement. Mr. Potter, foreman
of the engine-fitters, having explained that a provisional
committee of the working men and foremen had been pre-
viously appointed, the cha man introduced the Bev. H.
Solly (to whom the managers had given a free pass from
London) as secretary of the parent society. Mr. Solly then
delivered an address explaining and advocating the ob-
jects of working men's clubs and institutes, after which
several resolutions were moved and seconded by some of
the foremen and fitters, and carried with great applause.
A working man in the body of the meeting stated
that he had come to it prejudiced against
the movement, for he thought it would be
"against the home." He had a comfortable home
himself, and be thought it was the best place for a man ;
but what he had heard convinced him that these clubs
would be very useful, and that it would only be selfish of
him to oppose them. Another man, also in the body of
the meeting, spoke of the great good he had seen from
them elsewhere. Another said it was the best thing he
had heard in that room for twenty years. The chairman
stated that he thought that there was little doubt but
that the company would grant the use of the new dining-
rooms, which they have just erected, in connexion with
baths and waahhowses, for the purposes of a club in the
evening, an announcement received with great applause.
The meeting, which was very fully attended, and had
grown highly enthusiastic towards the close, separated
with very heart 7 votes of thanks to the chairman and Mr.
folly. There is no place in England where a working
men's dub and institute should have a better chance than
in Crewe. Theta are two very large csa-m= stores
re the, one of them second only to the ens at
ktochdale.

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