The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-14 00:00:00

Till BUILDERS* STRISX

On inquiry yesterday at the masons' committee
rooms, it appears that, with one or two trifling exceptions,
the whole of the TIMMS have ceased working upon the
country jobs of lifesen. Myers, Trollops, ninon, Holland
and Steams, Luca., Cu',itt, Smith, and several of the
smaller employers. The London Strike Committee have
received within the last few days the sum of 1001. from
various trade societies, and yesterday 1001. was for-
warded to them from the United Society of
Iron Boiler Makers. These sums are independent
of the strike allowance from their own society, and the
weekly levy of :te. each from every member of the society
I working in London. It is also expected that the Executive
Conseil of the Amalgamated Engineers, at their next
meeting, will, in accordance with the recommendations of
some of their influential branches, propose a sixpenny levy
on the 23,000 members composing this influential body.
Although the press were excluded from the meeting of
the master builders, on Thursday last, the following outline
of the proceedings is stated to be reliable. Much disap-
pointment was calm:sifted by those present at the number
of absentees • and, in consequence, no definite
action was decided upon. It was acknowledged that,
in their efforts to maintain the hour system in their
establishineuts, they had suffered, sod were still suffering,
great pecuniary lees, owing to the noexpectolly stubborn re-
sistance of the mesons and bricklayers to the system. A
proposition to send some of the masons now working in
Loudon under the hour system to go on with the country
jobs was entertained, but found impracticable, as with one
or two exceptions the London jobs themselves were not
half manned. The meeting, it is stated, was ultimately
adjoarued for a few days, to see the result of the call made
by the Masons' Society spoil their country members.
The masons committee are about taking active measures
to induce those men who have accepted the hour system in
London to come out, and have offered to those who will
leave a remission of the fine they have incurred, to place
them on the strike fund, and to recojnise them as fair
members of the trade.

Foam's-erne; Annum 27.—The Queen has
been graciously pleased to appoint James Considine, Eaq.,
to be her Majesty's consul at Mahon.
ENOLI6II WORKMEN IN FitaNcE.—The Civil
Tribunal was yesterday engaged in hearing a case in which
an English workman named Dare was the plaintiff, and
Messrs. Waring Brothers defendants. The letter, who are
English railway contractors, are engaged on the earthworks
on the line of Coulommiers, for which they had brought over
a certain number of English workmen to France. One of
them, the pllintiff, wits the victim of an accident at
Deumartin, and brought an action for damages. The
defendants pleaded that the court was not competent to de-
cide, as the parties in the affair were foreigners, but the ob.
jection was overruled, the tribunal declaring that a foreigner
undertaking works in France thereby subjected himself to
all the police regulations and laws of the country, and that
although the agreement between the contractor and the
men was made in England, it was carried into execution in
Francs, and therefore came under French jurisdiction. The
ones was consequently ordered to be tried on its merits.—
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AN AMERICAN EXECUTION.

A man named James White was executed at
Salem, 111., on Thursday, the 15th Aug., for the murder of
Andrew J. Applegate.
As the time appointed drew nigh, the public were
astounded by the report that the convict White had pos-
sessed himself of a chain, and, armed with it, threatened
instant death to any man who should dare to enter him pri-
son. The report was found to be true. There had been •
chain strongly fixed in the floor of the prison, to which it
bad become necessary on some occasions to secure the pri-
soners; this chain White, with almost superhuman
strength, had wrenched from its fastenings. It was • com-
mon sized ex chain, about three feet in length, and had
upon one of its ends an iron ring nearly nine inches in cir-
cumference. White had armed himself with this chain,
and by running the links through the rim had made • heavy
knot of iron, which proved to be indeed a formidable
weapon. Standing thus armed inside the door of the cell,
White declared with terrific oaths that no living man
should enter. In this dilemma a pause ensued in the
proceedings. Sheriff Black made an attempt to enter, as-
sisted by four resolute and fearless men. Driven to deepe-
ration, the hardened criminal struck a tremendous
which happily inflicted but a slight injury upon the left
band of the sheriff.
It was now proposed to inject ammonia Into the face of the
convict, and thus by his temporary suffocation enable the
officers to take possession of the cell. This was tried, but
failed. The miserable murderer recoiled for an instant
under the effect of the liquid, but speedily recovering
he stood again at the door, armed with his terrible
weapon, and looking the impersonification of • lend, It
was now resolved to drench the cell with chloroform, and
thus lull the turbulent spirit within until he could be safely
captured. The sheriff was still advised to disable him by
pistol ball, but answered that he would not proceed to such
harsh measures until all other leas cruel means had failed.
One or two bottles of chloroform were procured,, and the at-
mosphere of the cell was thoroughly impregnated with its
fumes ; blankets were suspended outside the grated windows
of the cell, and every step wastaken to make this effort suc-
cessful. At first the furious wretch laughed at this
attempt. It was clear that his wicked course of life had
made him familiar with the use and the effects of chloro-
form. Indeed he said so, and told the officers that the
article they were using was weak and poor. He evidently
was acquainted with chemicals. In order to resist its
effects he wound his bed quilt around his fee, west owe-
sionally to the window for air, and removed • portion of the
blanket by reaching out end drawing it through the
grating, so as to make an opening for the admission of the
wind. More than hour had been consumed in these fruit-
ier efforts to obtain possession of the hardened prisoner
and his weapon, and it began to be apparent that -harsher
means were necessary. At about twelve o'clock White
was hand to say—" They have tried hartaliorn and chloro-
form upon me, but one has neutrilised the action of the
ether ; they are now going to try something else."
He evidently saw that he must ultimately submit, and,
though at first prepared to sell his life as dearly as
possible, his courage and strength scow began to fail. He
therefore proposed that if the sheriff would give him his
dinner and a drink of whisky, and let him live till I o'clock,
be would yield his weapon and surrender himself. This
proposition was accepted, and White gave up his knotted
chain through the grating of the door ; a dinner was pa-
pered fur him, and a glass of water, with • slight infusion
of whisky, handed him to drink. It was the last office of
apparent mercy. and the sheriff willingly perforated it. At
1 o'clock the sheriff entered the cell. White came forward
and surrendered himself. His arms were pinioned behind
him, and he walked resolutely down the stairs of the gaol,
through the hall, and into the place prepared for his death.
Here brief religious services were held.
The services concluded, White, accompanied by the sheriff
and his assistante, ascended the steps of the gallows without
apparent trepidation. He never faltered a moment, but
examined with • critical eye all the appliances prepared for
his execution. And now occurred one of the most horri-
fying and painful scenes in this terrible drams. When ones
upon the scaffold, sod his elides being bound together, the
usual white cap was produced, and lie was informed that it
was necreinry to put it upon his head. To this White ob-
jected, insisting that no change should be made In his ap-
parel. He wore the little felt cap with which he had covered
his head from his first imprisonment. When the sheriff
removed the felt cap, and was about substituting the usual
white one, the prisoner again objected, and with fearful
imprecations declared that it should not he put on. Sheriff
Black, in a decided tone, endeavoured to persuade the pri-
soner, but io vain. For nearly an hour the officers were
engaged in a struggle to enforce compliance. Here, indeed,
was the demonise character of the prisoner displayed. He
made every effort to prevent the officers from putting on the
white covering. Pinioned and bound as he was he fought with
desperation. He snapped and bit at their fingers, he leaped
into the air, he crouched towards the ground, and for
some time it seemed doubtful whether he could be com-
pelled to submit. After a severe end protracted struggle
the cap was thrown upon his head and securely adjusted
about his face, and the straws drawn around his neck. No-
thiog now remained of the direful preparations but to put
the rope around his neck and adust the fetal noose. With
some difficulty this was at length accomplished, the united
efforts of four men being required for that purpose. As the
sheriff drew the fatal noose cheer to its place and placed the
knot beneath the ear of the unhappy man, he exclaimed
with fearful imprecations, " What are you choking me now
for! you are choking toe, for !can lu;rdly speak." These
were the last worth of the wretched man. The sheriff gave
the signal that all was ready to his deputy ; in a moment
the trigger was drawn, the drop fell, and the unhappy man
fell like lead through the draw, and hung, slightly "oscilla-
ting, • struggling, violent human being no longer.—New
Furl. Evening Brprvas.

A SAD CONCLUSION TO A Lovs STORY. —Charles
Rosa, a yams man who has for some time been keeper of a
salt store in Perth, was to have been married yesterday. He
had been bred a gardener, and was above a year ego em-
ployed as such in a gentleman's place in the north of England,
where he contracted an intimacy with the laundress, who
is daughter to a gamekeeper near Wooler. After a
lengthened and seemingly affectiouatecorreapondence, they
mutually agreed upon being married forthwith, and ac-
cordingly were proclaimed with that view in Perth en the
Ist instant. They met by atrangement in Edinburgh on
I Friday leak when Charles's father, who usually resides in
Preetoopens, and his sister, who is at service in Fife, and
was to act as bridesmaid, were requested to be present.
I
It would appear that the bride-elect being dissatisfied
with the proposal that she and Charles should content
themselves with temporary quarters until they could find,
or justifiably rent, a house for themselves, upbraided her
betrothed with bringing her away from leer friends to a
hind of strangers, rand somewhat passionately refused to
take him for better for worse—tearing at the minse time the
proclamation lines from his hands, that he might hays ne
further claim, as she said, upon her. They, however, after-
ward. appear to have so far made up matters, and left for
I Perth in the course of the eveni rag, wi th a view, as was thought,
to be married theta., if the lodgings ;hat bad been
provided, and other circumstances connected with tbeyouug
man's employment, met with his betrothed's int ,faction.
Such would seem not to have been the case, as Charles
wrote to his father, who is presently employed as a joiner
in town, th..t he was in is eery miserable state of mind,
and all ecause of his own dear Aline, who wool not
listen to reason. lie wide.' that lie slid not know what to
do, or what was to become of him ; but that wherever his
body wee found there world be a note in hie ticket
containing his address in Perth. On Wedneelay he
appear, to have so far changed his mind; and
takieg the trade from Perth to Edinburgh, wrote another
brief note, while crossing from Burnt Island, to his father,
saying that his body would likely be found Deem Preston-
pans, as he still was in a most miserable state of mind, all
because of his dearest Anne, whom be etill very heartily
forgave, and hoped that aU his family would do so too. Bode
Dotes were postal together to his father's temporary address
in Edinburgh. Mean while the young man took the afternoon
train to Prestonpana ; and on arriving at his father's
residence there, threw himself on the bed, making some in-
coherent exelernatioue expressive of his extreme grief at
what had befallen him. Although a medical man wars pent
for, whosslinioistered something in the hope of securing re-
lief, poor Charles died within less than an hour--uuder
strong suspicious of having taken opium or laudanum to ex-
cess—beggieg, with almost his last intelligible utterance,
that his sister should wear the ring that was meant for his
Anne.—Edin'aurpk Courant.

A SUFFOLK ItSDPATH.—It is rumoured that the
aceounte of a gentleman recently deceased, in a smell
town in the centre of Suffolk, exhibit defalcations to the
amount of 60,00 W. The deceased gentleman was not only
not suspected during his lifetime, but was greatly re-
spected be ell parties in the town and neighbourhood. and
when he died was followed to the grave by many I,er,ous
of distinction, including a member of parlLonent.
In the little town in which he lived us manager of a banking
establishment, he was regarded as a prince. and in the
course of • long life he had managed to place himself at
the head of almost every charity and local institu-
tion, so that his inflates* appeared at the time of his de-
crees to overshadow that of almost every person io the neigh-
bourhood. It is said the deceased putZeman wax never in
reriziritigofthmaotrea a
the landed g.yneertry,
whom he
hlievedeutrwa
isuty;le,
and with whom he habitually associated- It is certain that
members of the firm, of which the deceased gentleman wee
• servant, are now busily engaged in examining the ac-
counts, and therefore, at present, the exact state of affairs
cannot be fully known. The unexpected report has com-
pletely astounded everybody who knew the deceased gen-
tlemaa.—Enst Suffolk Mercury.

Notice has been given by the directors of the
Lyedharst Peony Bank that the deposits will be trans-
ferred to the Lyndhurst Post-office Savings Bank, which is
to he opened on Monday neat: and that the Penny Bank
will from that dap come to exist.