The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-26 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT MATEEN NEAR NORTHUM-

BERLAND.

HEIHAM, Ocrr. 24.

Nothing has yet tranipired to fix this murder
upon any particular person, but a " mugger," named Junes
Conroy, and two lodger', who resided in the cottage which
he occupied at Waterloo, adjoining to the dwelling of the
murdered woman, D.irotby Bewicke, have bees taken into
custody. The two lodgers left Conroy's dwelling
two weeks ago, and on the Wednesday before the
murder Conroy aloe departed from the hamlet, to
go to the hills to sake brooms, his wife follow-
ing him or Estarday, having left her two ehildre*
with a neighbour until Monday, and leading a horse wits •
dirty like halter round its head ; and it appears that the only
other persons living in the hamlet who were at home on the
musing of the robbery were fastened into their house by
having the door tied with an old halter on the
outride. Conroy had also quarrelled with the old
woman a day or two before the murder, end it appears that
the occupants of the cotters in the village of Waterloo—the
cottages all belonged to the deceased—wares wild lawless set,
and &terror to the otherwise quiet pectoral district. The
murdered old woman was of very eccentric habits, end it
seems, by keeping her property in a wretched tumble-down
ondition, ao respectable labourers would occupy her cot-
tages, and hum tee place became the resort of a (sag of
lawless ruffiaus. The neighbouring gentry had on several
occasions attempted to purchase the property to get quit of
them, bat the old woman had always refused to sell it. She
had the reputation of being rich, and was a dirty, penurious
old woman ; but it is thought that the perpetrators of this
gross outrage have not procured much plunder, for, as her
relatives are aware, she had not much money in her posses-
sion at the time she was murdered. The only things that at
present are mined are four silver teaspoons, marked in
Roman letters W. 8., end ornamented with • wreath of
towers; also an old half-guinea. There is no doubt several
porous were unearned in the murder, sad the wretch who
strangled her has left the deep indentations of his Angers
upon her throat. Every pert of the cottage bad been ran-
sacked for pluader after the foul transaction, end every-
thing wu thrown about in confusion. Old shoes, clothes,
and bones bad been hastily dragged front their recesses and
examined, and even the bedtiek upon which the deemed
bad reposed before being dragged out to be murdered was
ripped up in search of the old woman's reputed stores of
gold. The dwelling of the old woman was a wretched
d poorwas the occasioa of • robbery which was committed in her
pe.
ir io Ouled"erbeiatatt,uefo,r she ueb
reputation falls
a
miserly,
cottage g seas years ago, when the thieves got 161. away with
them.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL SUIPS.—The royal mail ship
Rama, Cerullo Uaderwood, of the White Si., line, which
sailed tram Ilse lima, on 'be 2ht ult. for Melbourne with
tbe Maas, spoken by a vessel arrived is the
Clyde on the lltb of September, in ht. 10 north. long. 26
west; 21 days out. The Favourite, arrived in the Mersey
yesterday, replete having passed the royal mail ship Light-
ning, of the Black Ball line, ow the 26th of September; 20
daysat ; lat. 12 sartii, Lag. 28 west. The royal mail ship
Baslisaar, Coptais Amos Robertson, also of the White Star
Rao, bas bus spoken (and balers slat Rom) oa tbe Mb of
Attest; oat 40 Sap ;fa lat 24 eolith, keg. 27 west ; wall.