The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

ruff 1171bINGHAN WITONOWT 0481.

The adjournsa inquest on the poor old French-
tesseslled Demob, who had died is easeeqesnos at the
brutal ill-trestaneat to which he was es►jeoted by aortas
melees is this village, wan reeszned es Fnday, when several
oddities's/ witawww were examined.

Edward Haddad acid—l eaw Dummy Weide the Swan,
'MISS upon • heap rd stones. I saw Hrs. Smith throw his
bat into the hook. She thee dragged him towards the
water, and shored him in. Stammers went round to the
other aide, and shoved Denney beck inns the water.
They kept him muddling about in the water for
a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. When he got'
oat Rm. Smith .ollared him 31. to p to Ridgwell with her.
They west .Igor Waterman-Wan I followed with the!
4.1144 and *bee • Utile way down tholes, I heard a splash
la the water.. I went tip to the epee and raw Dummy in
the water, 1 Wine with his fine downwards; the water.
was about onened-a•half foot deep there. I Wild out,
"For God's rake, the poor aid gestismen will be drowned."
lira. Smith was standing there and Stammers instantly
jumped in and grerDnimay one: I dolt know where he
mine from. I was about four rods of when I heard the
Dummy gromied, and appeared to be choked in
Ziemttroat. I swear I sever told two waves that I had
seen the whole •vrr, °sly that I saw him taken out.
Ames Diary,'Naksaper, Bible Hedioghem, subsequently
eilleed—Os Tuesday lad Heeldovil told me ibid he
sew Smith and Stammers get the the old mea la. Be
said Smith bed him by the shoulders and Siammere by the
beds. said they threw bin in. He repeated this statement
yedsrHaeltd was thew rwcalled, and again paean* doled
that be bad wade any rook statement, bat the police iati•
Masi that they were prepared to produes two other m-
om tor whom he bed made a similar statemeat.

werielsted by Mr. ()ludic&ll (who watched the owe for
prosecution) that Bickford would be prosecuted for
Two young women, named Parmeuter sad Wows, swore
Etvely that they did not see any one shove the old man
to he water, although at the time they were but two or
yard. from the spot.
At 4 o'clock (after five hours' sitting) the Cormier summed
up. Be expressed kis enUre belief la the evidence of the
girl, Beariatts Gamed, who had deposed that Stammers
@misted Mrs. Smith in throwing Dummy into the brook,
and pointed oat that the jury, by returning • verdict
spinet both parties, would not dad& the case, but only
refer it to soother jury.
The roots was thee cleared ; but the jury, after nearly
two bows' warm diecorioa, were unable to come to a ant-
Mamma decktos. It was understood that all were unani-
mous to return a verdict of manslaughter against Mrs.
Smith, bat two jurymen refused to do so with rasped to
Shimmers

A Imitates:awl eoeferomm took place with the meow,
who altinsately disoliargsd the *7, arid the actin ad
—Num Herald.
will moo mese before the Bedizens, beech of magistrates.

ATTEMPTED MURDEB AT DUDLEY.

At the Dudley Police Court, oe Monday, Thomas
Noland wee planed le the dock, charged with the attempted
murder of his wile. He lea quiet looking man, with
• vaunt itsosi of coulter:tamps, and it appeared evident
that he was of weak intellect. He • to have lived
on the best of tens with his wife sad family, and tee of
the witnesses stated that he was generally comeidered •
sober decent man, sad that seen the occurranoe the wife
had stated that he had always been • good husband. Os
esturday night Mn. °eked wee prematurely delivered of
twigs, still-bora, hat she is p as favourably as
possible under all the circomstanoes of ease.
Alter the evidence had been taker, the prisoner was cau-
tioned in the meal way,aod merely said, "I am very Derry for
what I have dose, sad I hope the Lord will forgive me,
sad you, sad people is. sad all, sad the Queen." He was
this atemaitted to trial at the arises upon the charge of
attempted murder.—BinanipAast Gamer.

SUSPICIOUS DUST:L.—YAM.Way an ad= in-
quest wee reesthed and conelithed berme Dr. . an
the body of allellat West, aged 30. • married woman, who
wee found deed in the OMNI Junation °ands sad
the body taken to Paddiestea dee&honsa. A poet
MAIM azensiethion was nada el it by Mr. Death, wergeon,
Dierkenwellinten, who toned metal NMI* bruises on the
wee and shoat the wee, which hid been aidiened daring
life, and whist, he stated, bad anointed her death. Wit-
, weer wigs now *mowed, who preyed thin the &sewed
we. lath seen are in the seighbonskosa of March-
street, Ithidingtoo, oo Thursday week, thew 10 o'clock,
when she led no bruises. She afterwards wet
a Meade aequaiataaoe, and absinth to big that
she would net go home spin, sad she wee urns woo there
again Her lowniod stated that the ooreeksanly atheated
bin U hew throe of a eight, and thin shoo her death be
had &lowered • tally bill, locomotion to U. 104., which he
was not aware she had watrained. Verdic•—.• That the
deoresd wee farad with north of violins, which bed caused
dowe
death, bet
show. how"
the caws into the water there was no evi•
e to

-But= oiltrroz.ann.—At an adjourned general
mare of the pripsieton, held yesterday, a ballot was taken
is the rseolutioa of the court held on Theusday last :
" That a half-year's dividend of brain= mad profits be made
as the 10th October next, at 41. 10.. per seat., without di-
dactics op Kenai of moot= tax:" cad the tesolatios was
aasailawasly aoadrined.
Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by put-
abaft" Hatalara's tare Tea I way tholes at ea eel. sad as.
•• Nish Staadird ' at ta 4d. (formally at ed.), la the stroatett
tad
imaket most
e—(Advakihmeeti dalteloat 110410'14d. Aguas la story town wooly uLa