The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

THE FENIAN PROSECUTIONS.

BOW-STREST.-(THIS DAY.)

William Desmond, Timothy Desmond, Nicholas
English, James O'Neill, John O'Keefe, Jeremiah Allen,
Michael Barrett, and Anne Justiee, who were understood
to have been virtually committed last week on the chare
of wilful murder of the persona killed by the Clerk( ov.(11
explosion, but were formally remanded for the completion
of the reading of the depositions, were brought up for fur-
ther, and, as was supposed, final examination, before Sir
Thomas Henry. This, however, was not carried out.
Mr. °Ward, Q.C., and Mr. Poland again conducted the
prosecution ; Mr. Harper defended the two Desmond' and
English, and Mr. Lewis appeared for all the other prisoners
except Allen, who was unrepresented.
Upon the prisoners being placed at the bar,

111 r. Giffard, addressing Sir Thomas Henry, nil—sir,
since the kat examination the Crown have received impart" t
information, which induces rce to ask you for a farber
remand. I now propose, therefote, that Mr. Burnet, (the
chief clerk) should read over the rest of the evidence as
against all the prisoners, and at the conclusion of the real.
ing I shall mak you to remand them again.
Sir Thomas Henry—Very welL
Mr. Burnaby then proceeded to real over the title°.
sitions. Upon the evidence of Worth (one of the warden
of the House of Detention) being read over,
Allen said—l should like to ask him one more question.
Sir Thomas Henry—l think you had better defer it.
Allen—l only wish to ask him if he persists in the
answer be gave before. (To the witness)—Are you sum
you never gave me the office to follow other people
Witness—Never. To the best of my belief I never saw
you before that day.
Allen—Have I never been there to see prisoners ?
Witness—Not to my recollection.
Allen—l can bring undeniable proof that I have done ea
on several occasions. I have been there with an inspee
of police from Bayswater, and other officers.
The whole of the evidence having been read over,
Mr. Gitfard said—Sir, before the prisoners are remanded
I understand that Mr. Lewis has an application to make.
Mr. Lewis —I wish to say, sir, that it is my present in.
tention, though I do not pledge myself to that coarse, te
call several witnesses for the prisoner O'Neill. Lot as
I understand that the further evidence a

has come to the knowledge of the prosecutie:,
and which prpbably will be gone into at the nest evaair.a.
tine, is likely to occupy the whole of the day, it would he
very inconvenient to bring here, on the mere chine, of
the opportunity arising to all them, a nuna,r
of witnesses, nearly all of whom will have to
come from Scotland. I have, therefore, to apply,
and I believe the request will meet the cam.
tion of the learned counsel for the crown, that I 1-11,1 l
not be called upon to go into the defence on Too,lay nest,
but that when the case for the prosecution is co:: plead a
day will be appointed on which I can call my witn,,,s,
and then I will take care to have them in attendance.
Mr. Giffard—l think that is quite reasontble.
Sir Thomas Henry—Very well. Let that be so.
Allen—l wish to call my witnesses also.
Sir Thomas Henry—You will have the opportunity.
Allen—Some of them are in court now.
Sir Thomas Henry—You will have the opportunity on a
future occasion. _ _ _

The prisoners were then remanded to Tuesday nc•t.

DESTRUCTION OP THE OXPoItD MUSIC HALL
DY FIRE.—(THIS DAY.)

The Oxford, ono of tho handsomest music halls in
London, was this morning destroyed by fire. 4)nly akw
hours previously the hall was crowded with persons, ,red
at 12 o'clock the place was closed, the hotel in conne.ioa
with the ball remaining open an hour later. The
building was then apparently safe ; but at 15 minutes lust':
Venus, the watchman, perceived a strong mull of
burning, and then discovered smoke issuing from
the balcony at the eastern extremity of the building.
In an instant the building was in dames and the watch-
man immediately raised an alarm. Messengers were is.
'parched for the engines, and the land steamer, front
Crown-street, Soho, was soon in attendance. followed by
a number of others from the various establishearts.
By this time the fire was burning furiously, spreading
devastation all around. The private boxes at the back
of the balcony, where the fire was first seen, and
abutting the houses in Tottenhauecourt-road, were
is a general blaze, and on the flames reaching
the ceiling, whirl) was ornamentally perforated to allow
the heated air to escape, no hope was entertained of
saving any portion of the ball. Under the directions of
Captain Sbaw tbo firemen worked in a praiseworthy
manner ; but despite their exertions the fire soon reached
the proscenium, destroyed the stage and mirror at the
beck, and the roof fell in, so that the vast area beneath
became a dense body of fire. ply half-past 6 the proms§
of the fire was arrested, but not before the entire hall was
destroyed, the supper-room being partially burnt, and
considerable damage done by breakage awl water
in the refreshment rooms. We understand the
building is au.ply insured in the North British
Office, and the walls remain perfectly secure. The
instruments belonging to the members of the orchestra are
all eased ; and, with the exception of some valuable draw
of Miss Russell and Miss Fitzhenry (principal vocalists),
the company engaged h►ve sustained no particular loss.
The ball wee first opened on the 26th of March, 180, with
an inaugural concert—the building being erected on the
site of the old Boar and Castle Hotel. How the fire
originated is not known ; but it is conjectured that a por'
tion a f a lighted cigar wsui thro en on one of the ruts in
the balcony, which, being composed of dry material, soon
became ignited. The private portion of the premiers is
uninjured.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.
EXTRAORDINARY CASS.

Great excitement has been caused at Bromley,
Kent, in connection with the sudden disappearance &boat
a fortnight ago, of a single young woman named Jane
Jackson, recently engaged as a domestio servant, and who
would in the couree of • few week* have come
into possession of 1,0001. left her by a relative.
AU kinds of rumours were afloat at her sudden
disappearance ; but the excitement increase' on her
body being found in a draw well in the garden of Sand.
field-cottage, Mason's-hill, Bromley, in the occu-
pation of William Sparkee. There is no doubt that the
body of the young woman has been there from the time
she was missed. The Sparkes family all the time were
drinking the water until they detected something do-
agreeable in the taste of it, and on throwing down*
grappling book the body was drawn up and was recog-
nised as that of the missing young woman. The well
is •10
feet deep and has 10 feet of water in it. Juilidot
from the sand in deceased's hair, and from the fact of its
being impossible for the body to have turned round in the
well, it was evident she went down head foremost. At
an inquest held at the Compasses pnblio.houae,
before C. J. C,arttar, Esq., coroner for West Kent, lad
night, it appeared that a witness named Sarah Head ,
tiro
saw
the deceased about midnight iu company with
men, named Partridge and Dedman, both of
whom appeared the worse for drink. Deceased
had lived at Partridge's house for the Last
three months, and Dedman was a painter and special
constable living in the neighbourhood. They appeared to
have pushed her oat of Partridge's
doe house about II o'clock
at night, and to have her about some time
in • very cruel manner. The witness Head told them
they bad so business to use the young woman in that
way or treat her so harshly. About 1 o'clock mire of
murder were beard by Mra. Cook, landladr of the Tiger"
Head ; by Mary Hayes, a neighbour of Partridge'a : bl
Henry Bennett, • labourer; and Charles Marshall, *
labourer. The latter said he laid in bed and listened for
some time to the cries of a woman and two or three
other voices, and he heard cries of " Murder" repeatedly.
The coroner expressed surprise that the witness did ed
get up and go to see what was the matter.
Mr. Cartier bad instructed Drs. Ilott and Bebee to tmik!t•
post mortem examination for the purpose of ascertaud4
whether death had moulted before or after the deceased
got into the well, and they reported that death bad beta
caused by drowning. The jury returned an open verdict
of "Found Drowned," and severely censured Partridge
and Dedman for their inhuman conduit towards the ae•
seam& - -

ANOTHIR SHOCKING WORKHOUSE STORY.--)!Ii
Inquest was OGHIGG at the Aston Union Workhouse. Su,
mingham, on Saturday, on the bodies of Mary Pritchor ,
it
aged 60 years, sad her daughter, Mary Ann Prchard
aged ti years. The demised were inmates of the abaci
workhouse, and last week the nurse, by mistake, MA
from the dispeneary a bottle of carbolic acid, and appwrg
it to the poor creatures as a remedy for the itch. Ow
mother died in three hours and the daughter the t°
having suffered dreadfully. Another women who was
similarly Winded lite in a very dangerous state.
lidscsoroLrrAN Pass HOSPITAL, DITONSIILIGP
WAIL Orrr.—The aggregate number of patients relieved
the week ending Feb. 9 was—Medical, 901 ; Or'
=O5 ; total. 1,612 ; of which 757 were new seem