The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-03 00:00:00

MURDER OF A WOMAN IN HEREFORD.

On Saturday night seven " navvies," employed by
Mr. Moron, the contractor for the Hereford City Im-
provements, went to Bowsey Lane, which beers a low
name for morality, and is chiefly inhabited by an unfortu-
nate class of females. The men were in a statemf liquor,
and, without any ceremony, or, as fsr as can be ascer-
tained, the slightest provocation, they burst open the door
of the hones of a girl residing in the locality, entered the
premises, and tulliog a female out of bed who had only
been confined about a month, dragged her down stairs, and
kicked bar shamefully. Her screams aroused her neigh-
bours, but before the police could write the ruffians had
gained a forcible entrance into an adjoining house kept by
one Priscilla Morgan. Whether any of them bad been
in the habit of visiting the house, and were on this once-
' sion refused admiuion, leading to a scuffle, is not known ;
but it is cart-in tbat on entering, some, if not all of them
conducted themselves in a very outregeons m . &M-
-ing the girl Morgan, they. beat her not only wits
their fists, but with what is stated by some persoos
to be a rolling pin. During this time the screams
of " Murder !" were terrifying, mixed as they were with
the cries of persons for the police, and the springing of
policemen's rattles, which had the effect of assembling a
large crowd. La the attempt which was of course made to
apprehend the rafilant, a collision took place between them
and the police, in which some of the latter came to the
ground. Ultimately four men, named James Ford, John
Wilson, Henry Wahine, and Robert Scott (the foreman or
ganger), were apprehended and conveyed to the station-
house ; but three others escaped during the bustle occa-
sioned by the crowd running hither and thither, and striv-
ing to see the injured woman. The police were throughout
the night active in pursuit of the fugitives, and on Sander
morning, in consiquence of some information received, Ser-
geant Griffith, sun Police-constable Preece started in a trap
tor Worcester, where they succeeded in capturing one man,
Charles Smith. The unfortunate woman died yecerday,
after mach suffering. Her face presented a skunking sight,
from the extensive wounds and discoloration..

NICHOLAIEFP.— Nicholaieff is acknowledgedly a
pretty place, end has till of late been daily increasing at its
rival's expense. Its vast dockyards attract a whole popula-
tion of workmen, whose presence swells its wealth and im-
portance. Its position on the Bog, its new houses, and pretty
walks planted with poplars, delight the eyes of most travel-
lers. But although the Bug is here a noble stream—a mile
and a half wide—its channel is neither wide nor very deep,
and although the largest men-of-war can ascend and
descend, it is only after taking out their guns. All the ships
hitherto constructed at Nicholaieff have been transported
empty down the river to Glouboky or Otchakof, and have
eves been said by Mr. Denby Seymour to have been trans-
ported thence to the black Sea on wooden frames called
camels, because of the sandbank of Kiohuro, after reaching
which they were sent to Sebastopol to take in their arma-
ment. It is obvious, then, if a new fleet has been
constructed at Nicholaieff ourieg the past year, that it must
have been under circumstances different to any that have
hitherto obtained. Possibly the armament may have been
wenveyed on rafts or camels from Nicholaieff or Kherson to
Glereboky, there to be put en board the new ships. Another
miss§ eireumstanee connected with Nicholaieff is, that
although it is the seat of immense storehouses and dock-
yards in which all the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is
built, and which give support to a population of 10,000 or
12,000 souls, the timber for shipbuilding comes chit fly down
the Dnieper to Kberson, and thus has to be conveyed nearly
to the sea before it can be passed into the Bug sod upwards
to Nicholaieff. The town of Nicholaieff was before the war
quite undefended except by a wall, which has been
built, not for military, but for police purposes, to prevent
peculation and smuggling, by allowing no ingress or egress
without permission —Benttn's Aitseellany.
A MAN'S HAND BITTEN OFF BY A HORBF..—A
surgical operation of a very interesting character was per-
formed at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, on Monday, on a
soldier named Thomas Dance, belonging to the 12th
Lancers, who bad his arm amputated for the second time,
in consequence of the frightful injuries he received from
being bitten by a ferocious horse in the Crimea. Dance was
engaged at Balaklava drawing water for troop', end whilst
so occupied saw a horse, with mane and tail erect, galloping
furiously towards biol. In a moment the horse seised him
in his mouth, threw him down, and, kneeling on his body
with Ids fore legs, commenced tearing his clothes off, lacerat-
ing his breast and shoulder le a frightful manner. The poor
fellow put out his heed to protect the lower part of his body,
when the animal indeed it in hie minutia, sod bit it off. Some
of his comrades coming to hie succour, aimed with stout
dubs, the ferocious beast was beaten off. Before, however,
the horse could be secured, be bit off the finger of smother
men and severely jejuna the shoulder of the veterinary na-
pe& atbe regiment. Ile was of Arab breed. Dance's arm
WO 111111filtated just &bole the wrist; be was soon sfterwards
males England. It yeas found necessary to amputate the
inmeining portion of the arm on Monday, and he is now
wag well. He was formerly in the 15th Hussies, from
which he volunteered, having served as en escort to Sir
George Berbeley, Cemmandet-in-Chief of the Bengal Pre-
sidency.-- Sough-Sostern Gazette.
The following places now receive their letters from
Paris sad nos arras twice a day :—Berlin, Baden, Brussels,
Cole,aste, Dover, Frankfoet on-the-Maine, Germs, Hamburg,
London, Menus, Stutgardt, Turin, &a. ; more than 1,200
towns in France receive them twice, Darien, and even lour
times a day, and all the communes and villages in Franca,
without emagtisa, et lowa cam a day.