The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-16 00:00:00

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.-FIVE PERSONS

SHOT.

(TROY OUR CORIIRRPONDENT.)
OLD BWINFORD, SATURDAY.
Yesterday David Deere', landlord of the Seven
Stara pablic-house, at Lower Swinford, was committed to
Worcester county gaol, for trial at the next ussizeft, on the
charge of wilful murder, under most extraordinary circum•
stances.

The prisoner combines the trade of a gardener and pub-
lican, and is • married man, having one child, • son, Id
fears old, who is also charged as an &mecum y before the
act. A few nights ago a number of railway labourers from
the adjacent worke, who bad been drinking at the prisoner's
house, quarrelled and turned out to fight. On their return
to the bowie they continued to make • t disturbance,
and the consequence wu that • crowd i collected
in front of the inn. At this period Duxes came home, and
wan much anndyed at the collection of the crowd in front
of his house, which consisted for the moat part of noisy
boys, though there were some men and women among them.
He endeavoured roughly to disperse them, and struck
several with his walking stick, on which they hooted at
him and threw stones. The prisoner immediately
rushed into the house in a violent passinn, de-
claring that he " would blow their heads off," and
went up stairs followed by his son. The pri
toner had two guns, a single and a double barrel:
' these be fetched oat, and his son got out the powder and
shot. The guns were immediately loaded, and the prisoner
went to the bedroom window and, leaning out, presented
the gun and fired among the crowd in the street, exclaim-
ing, ' Here's into ye, ye —," using • foul expression.
I Immediately afterwards he exclaimed, " I've given 'em a
sweep, and I'll give 'eat another;' and he immediately
fired a gun. His son wasted him to reload ; and altogether
four shots were fired and five people were wounded—one
killed on the spot. The injured parties are : •
Killed—Mrs. Pardoe, wife of a hatter, and mother of
six children, one of whom she was looking for when she was
fired upon.
Wounded—William Woolridge, miner, wounded in the
neck, and not likely to recover; Hannah Fletcher, • brick-
layer's wife, shot in the legs; James Haywood, also shot in
' the legs ; and Mrs. Brenton, a middle-aged lady, wife of the
manager at the establishment of Mr. F. J. Raiford, wounded
in the abdomen, thigh, and legs, while aiding Mrs. Partite,
who had once bees a servant in her employ.
Mrs. Pardee, ea being raised from the ground, was carried
into • house, bet she appeared to have died instantaneously.
The guns, when found in the house, were both loaded with
powder and abet ready for use again. The affair Ilse created
intense excitement.
'fhe magistrate' also committed the son, but admitted
him to ball.

HULL AND SZLIIT RAILWAY.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at the new
railway station at Hall; Richard Tarr, Esq., chairman of
the company, padded. The report showed a balance on
the half-year of 31,621 f 64.13 d. to the credit of the company
and recommended that, after payment, as usual, of tho half-
,
year's interest on the quarter shares to the Ist of Augur
inst., a dividend be declared of V. 9s. on the 60& glares,
and of IL 4s. M. on the 261. or half shares, subject to deduc-
tion of ineont• tan. The report was adopted, sad a vete of
thanks to the chairman concluded the business of the
smiting.
WRECK OF THE Stir CENTAUR—It is with ex-
tram. regret that we have to announce the total loss of the
ship Centaur of Calcutta, Captain W. T. Salmon, oa the
sort of Arabia, attest one hundred and twenty miles from
Murat. The rani was proceeding to the port nom d and
had made out the land, when thirst( a fog at midnight
lof the 13th 14th ultimo, the current carried her on to a
reel near itasel-Rulibs. As she hung by the hews only she
would probably have been got off but the Arabs came on
board in great nemben, compelled the crew to detest from
their endeavour to extricate her, plundered the ship and
all in board her, of mune, and finally it appears set her en
fire. Capt. Salmon is a steady mud intelligent young man,
careful navigator, and well acquainted with the coast,
so that we feel assured no blame attaches to him.
The Centaur had a valuable cargo on board:, including
about sixteen busload chests of indigo, for Muscat, Bushire,
and Bu Borah. We tryst that the British Indian govern-
meat will not allow this outrage committed by the rascally
Bedouins to pass unnoticed. One or two of the war vessels
of the Indian navy might he very usefully employed in im-
proving their views on the rights of property. If the
Imam of Muscat has no influence over their, he cannot
object to his allies inflicting the chastrewent which they
deserve. Captain Salmon with his Milers and crew pro-
ceeded in the Imaum's ship Artemise towards the scene of
• the wreck, but the Arabian man mf-war made such little
progress against strong head-winds that the commander
deemed it expedient to bear up and return to Mmcat.
While promediag down the coast, iaformatiou was re-
ceived that the pirates had burnt the wrecked vessel,
end this intelligence subsequently reeeivml of con-
firmation.

DEPARTURE Or MR. T. BARING, M.P., FOR THE
HEITEX STATIBIL-11r. Thomas Baring, M.P., of the emi-
nent house of Baring Brothers, who is said to have been
entrusted with peculiar powers by her Majesty's govern-
ment, to set as mediator between this country and the
totted States, in the difficult fisheries question, took. his
departure yesterday in the steamer which left Liverpool for
New York. The influence of the house of Baring Brothers
in the United States is very considerable, and no doubt the
honourable gentleman will succeed in bringing the matter
in dispute to a satisfactory sod amicable bearing. lire has
had several interviews with the Earl of Derby.—Seuday
Times.
THE SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE is reported to
have been felt at Liskeud and the neighbourhood. On We d-
inesday last, at Webb's Hotel, in Liskeard, so gust was
the trembling that it. was at tint imagined that some of the
icasks in the cellar had fellers. The vibration was experi-
eneed for 16 or 16 miles round ; and many perilous in the
neighbourhood of Stoke, by Dovouport, imagined that ..ome
; exteaaive explosion had taken We.have not heard
et toy injury sastabeed by the