The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

THE COURT.

I:I2aNtORAX, August 17.
To-day was the anniversary of the birthday of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The ball which
was to have come off at the palace, on Friday night,
was postponed, in consequence of the receipt of the
intelligence of the death of the Grand Duchess Anne of
Russia, the Queen's aunt, whereby the Court is throWn
into mourning.
Yesterday, the Rev. Dr. John Caird, one of her
Majesty's chaplains for Scotland, preached an eloquent
discourse before the Queen, ix Crathie Church. The
sermon is likely to be published.

TATA John Jalkssell has arrived at
Abergeldie, Sir George Gray is staying at Balmoral,
Mr. Sidney Herbert will, it is expected, leave London
this day (Monday) for Balmoral to attend her Majesty
Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Somerset, Mr. Gladstone,
Sir George Cornwall Lewis, the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Granville, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Cardwell
remain in town.

MYSTERIOUS MURDE:R.

On Friday afternoon it was discovered that a, murder
had been committed at No. ii, rove-road, Stepney, i'
short distance from the To ,we-e• Hamlets Cenietery, Bull"
road.
It appears that ',ha deceased was a widow lady wood
Mary Emsley, aged abut 70. years, who up to, the tiva°
of he.; death was in possession of immense landed pro-
perty, situated at Stratford, Bow, Iteth,nal.gree*
Victoria-park, and other parts of the east end of the
metropolis. She had a nuraber of agents and collectors,
who were carrying her large sums of money week_ 11',,
arising from rents and other property which she OP'
held since the death of her husband, a large contract°
and briclimaker, well known at that part of LcsndPnlbr
his, eccentric habits,
The. deceased had not been seen by the, neighbours. f0.,.r
some days, and a collector named Walter. Emma sent t.OP
so; as far back as Tuesday morning last, for two brag".
taps which he was to put on,,two waterbutts at two 0'
her houses. The boy called,' and each day since Emno
had repeatedly sent and called, but after various visits,
and knocking on each .occasion loudly, no one answered
the door. The impression was that the deceased 111
gone out, as the garden gate Was left unlocked, OA
yesterday, when the collector, Emma, went he he
suspicions aroused that all was not right, and bte. fear ~
that something had happened to her, as he ha 4 call ,
and sent so repeatedly without any ci-e answering the,,
front door. Emms accordingly cogmunicated, the fact
to Mr. Rose, the deceased's solicitor, of Change AlleY,
Cornhill, who with Dgr. Whittaker and another gentle-,
man named Faith proCeected"to the house, in coniparif
with a ZoliCe-censtable of the li division. They csili:kui
not iriakii any one heal' by the front Part of the lionli4
which 'Was well furnished and commodious, and the
repaired ' through the adjoining premises to the bao
garden, where they climbed the wall and made an aid
at the back door. They searched the loWei:
house, which seemed in consideraMe confusion, att%
upon reaching one of the rooms bn the second floor Oil
discovered the deceased ly,trig dead, with the top paSt,..
Part of the
her head forced in. There was a largo wountl'of tu`
scalp, and blood had flowed copisanaly from ths'injuri_l
which had been inflicted a clay or two by sob hard
substance. The floor 1v;..1s 'besmeared with blood, and 1t
is supposed that the cleceasedlact been killed by sole
burgis4s who, lad` entered the premises to get her on
The deceased kept large sums in the bonsai altlioq"
she had'an account at one cf tile pity imkes.
A 'messenger Was Ainmediately sent for Mr. Gill, 6
surgeon of the Bow-rand, and other gentlemen, but they
were unable to resider any assistance.
Subsequently Inspectors lierrisey and Haynes, of the
N d'AYisio.n, proceeded to the house and made a minute
search, and it is fully believed that the deceased b 5
been murdered by some burglars, who had taken awalt,
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large sum of money. The deceased's boxes and drawee
had, no doubt, been ransacked by the thieves, and '
great amount of property had been removed.
The deceased lived alone and had no servants, but she'
was well known as of miserly habits, dirty, and intern'
perate, although she was a woman who carried on extend
sive dealings with energy and acuteness.
The solicitor and the police were engaged on FOl6
in searching over the various rooms, to tt'ace whet' a
the deceased had left any. cash, htit only a trific had
been found. if was stated that several articles bit
been removed :,..om the deceased's sitting-room of ca.
gdeiAble value, and among them a print of great rant}:
Mr. John Stevens, the coroner's officer for the disalf,
of Stepney, took charge of the body for the o 1 C'
investigation before the coroner (Mr. John Humphrerl,
which will take place this day (Monday), at the Rau
way Tavern, Mlle-end.
It is stated that, on Saturday morning, one of the
police-sergeants, while making an examination of the
walls of the top room where the body was disccrere;
found splashes of blood on the walls and panels, anddop
one portion of the partition there was an indentation a
the woodwork covered with blood:as if a blow 111'
missed, and it had been struek by the instrument. ,;
There are already several claimants to the upper:t,
and an heir at-law has turned up in the per &n (;',.o`re
shoemaker of Bethnal-green, who was never be'
heard of.
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The deceased was in the receipt of an income from
property amounting to about £5,000 per annum. •