The Express. — 1862-10-02 (London, England)

THE CONVICTED MURDEEEPS. —Mr. Alderman sad Sheriff J. C. Lawrence and Mr. Elteriff Jesse, the newly-appointed Sheriffs for the City of London and the musty of Middlesex, yesterday almost commenced their offlual duties by perforniieg the painful task of communicating to the wretched criminal, Catherine WON', the day appointed for carrying out the sentence of the law. The sheriffs have the disagreeable task of fixing the day for this purpose, and they have appointed next Moeday fortnight, the 20th lost. The sheriffs were accompanied by the Under-sheriffs, Messrs. Mackrell end Ferrer, and the Ordinary of Neweate, the Rev. Mr. Davis, and Mr. Joins, the governor of Neweate. The culprit, who ever since her cow viction bas been anstantly, watched by use female warder during the day and two during the night, received the aneourieement with the same coolness and self.posnesion that she exhibited throughout the protracted inquiries before the magistrate and ber long trial. It appears that after the trial she profeneed not to be aware of the result, and that she stated that the did not.understand the purport of what the judge said to her. It was anticipated, ea the prisoner was committed to take her trial from one of the Surrey police marts, Chet the menace would have been carried out at the Surrey County Gaol, Horseruouger-lane, and this would have been so if the prisoner bad been convicted upon the indictment which charged her with the murder of Mrs. Atkinson,u that offence was alleged to have been committed in the county of Surrey, the sot of parliament directing that the sentence shall be carried out in the county when the offence was committed. It is rather remarkable that the sheriffs of last year, Messrs. Cockerell and Twentyman, almost commenced their official duties by • painful proceedbig of the same descriptioo as the present, namely, to super. intend the execution of William Cogan, for the murder of his wife in Holborn. MYSTERIOUB DEATH IN red li.runt. —An inquiry was held by Mr. Waltbew, the deptity coroner, at the Spotted Dag Tavern, Poplar, last night, relative to the death of a man unknown, who was found Bastin in the eatrance to the East India Docks, under circumstances which seemed to show that be had committed suicide. Charles Loeg, gateman to the dock company, said that he formed the deceased between the gates of the lock on Sunday last. He brought the body on shore, and found in the pocket a bottle of laudanum. There was also 6s. in silver oa his pevion. He was respectably dressed, and was • good looking man, about 23 years of age. He mint have been ten days is the water. AU efforts to procure the ideatikation of the body had been unsurvessfuL The jury retursed a verdict "That deceased was found deed in the water, bat how he came there there was no evidence to show." I lIPEDIONY LIT FOR Dzwr.—Y esterd ay the monthly return of persons confined foe debt in Whincrossetreet Prison was made to the Court of Bankruptcy under the sew act, and one of the registrars will shortly hold his " wort ^ to hear the cases of persons to be released. There is sow only one other prison for debtors in the metropolie—Hormmonger-lane Gaol—sod very few debtors ere therein cosdeed. In Whitecrosiistreet Prison the number yesterday was 101, including 20 coevictmenta from county canal., aid 15 persons who were received from the Q.ee.'s Priem The number of persons received shim the last tainithly return from the Queen'. Prison was made was 20, and of that number five, including an inmate who bad sweat ream than 20 years of his life in the place, have been discharged. The Queen's Prison has been finally closed, and the poseesslos delivered to the Commissioners of Public Worim MURDER IN THE COUNTY GALWAY COTTOApoodeDt of the Aura aI, writing from foam out 'Monday swains, lays :—" I regret to Worm you that a mat horrible hardy was emoted yesterday, at the Weir Village, within about • mile and • half of this Sewn, involving the sacrifice of homes life under eireametenese of a mot revolting and unnatural character. As cis nem named Quebec..pwards of 70 years of age, quite blind and infirm, was found lying dead in his hones, about three o'clock p.m., with hie skull fearfully fractured sad several other marks epos the body, which iiives no doubt whatever of hie hay* met with en awful and violent death. An old hatchet stained with blood was found is the room near the corps" Suspicion having stroagly pointed to some of the immediate members of deceased's family who lived with him, and consisted of two sons, two datighters, and • drnilASerb-law, the pollee muted the *both party, who were hewalkt into town sad medirewerl • mamissitkre, at r 2 eidock Mir Wass Mr. IL, who Ws peemaded parNse the smalt el the werater's Vrwhirl' win mamma lowestoew. Ramon,. are eeoesdesel hike*. sad Molise reardlir the poeswath of them own Miami tit oft& ate of the moos sad hie wife wits yrbselpaly unnamed, sad maims stories see sleet ; toile Ogee win edvert tay father at Falai Mita imprett teraduates, I oil mad the, ortisalmo woad et tie