The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-02 00:00:00

DELIBERATE WIPE MURDER IN MANCHESTER.

On Saturday a murder was committed at a beer-
house called the Jolly Hatters, No. 49, Edge-street, near
Shudehill, Manchester, under circumstances displeying great
coolness and deliberation. The victim is • young woman,
named Mary Ann Taylor, and the person in custody on
the charge of murdering her is her husband, Levi Taylor.
Taylor is a youth about 18 years of age, and describes
himself as a blast fnruace tenter, bat at present out of
work. He lived in Back-lane, Failsworth. The on-
fortosate woman was about 24. Her maiden name was
Bradbury, and her friends live in Matlock-street, Royal
Oak-yard. Bakewell, Derbyshire. The decamped and
Taylor were married about woven or eight weeks since, at
the Manchester Cathedral. He states that be first met
her about four months ago at a vaults is Oldham.street.
He knew that she had been leading a loose life before, but
believed that she had reformed. After their marriage he
took bar to Failsworth, but she only remained there a few
days, and there had been continual difference* between
them because she would not live at Failsworth. He,
however, was out of work, and unable to maintain her.
Very recently she came to live at the Jolly Hatters, and
is described as having been engaged there as a servant.
On Saturday, between three and four o'clock, Taylor
called at the Jolly Hatters. He ac: rsed her of town.
saucy and of leading a dissolute life. He, however, sat
for some time in the company, and sang two or three mega.
He then said that he was going away at four o'clock, and
that she would not see him again. He induced her to
accompany him to an upper room. Is a few minutes he
came downstairs and said, " I have does it. Seed for a
policeman ; I have murdered that —." His hands were
covered with blood. At the same time the unhappy
woman was sem coming downstairs, bleeding from two
frightful gashes in her throat. The murderer was secured,
and his victim was removed to the Royal Infirmary, where
she was attended by Mr. W. 0. Jones, the house "or-
ison, and Mr. Anderson. Them gentlemen found two
incised wounds on the neck, one to the left and the other
to the right. One was 3in. long and 1 iin. deep, and the
other about 2in. long, and of the same depth. She died
shortly after her admission. The instrument with which
Me wounds were indicted was a clasp pocket knife. It was
found covered with blood. (in the blade are the words
" shilling knife." Taylor said that be bought the knife at a
pion going out of Deansgate, sear Smithy Door. He talked
of the terrible deed with the greatest coolness and compla-
*whey. Be said that when they were together he put his
headwater her chin and held it up, and then gave her one
cut ; and that when he found be did not succeed in killing
her, he gave her another cut. Taylor will be brought
before the magistrates to-day. ,

RIIIIILSENTATION or REP: ATE.—The writ ar-
rived on Saturday morning, and the returning officer has ap.
pointed Wednesday morning for the nomination. The polling
will take place on Thursday morning. Both parties eapraw
themselves confident of success.

CONSECRATION OF TWO AFRICAN BISHOPS. —••
(Thu Dar.)—This morning the ceremony of consecrating
the Rev. William George Tozer, formerly of St. John's
Oxford, and Vicar of Burgh-with-Winth9rps, Lin-
who hail been appointed to the bishopric of MO
Control Aftima Minion • and the Rev. Edward TweUs, for-
merly of fit. Peter's College, Cambridge, and incumbent of
St. John's, Hammersmith, took place in West-
minster Abbey, in of a large congreption.
The Bishop of Oxf who preached, selected for his text
the 4th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to Timothy, verses 5
and 6—" Watch thou in all things, endure afflicti,
do the work of an Evangelist, make full proof of
thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered,
and the time of my departure is at band."
The Bishop of Central Africa will remain for a short time
in London, but the Rev. Dr. Steers, rector of Little Step-
ney, and the Rev. C. A. Aliogton, rector of Yankton, will
at ones go on to see to the stores, and to make preparations
for their journey to the mouth of the Zambesi, that they
mil be able to reach it at the beginning of May, the earliest
period at which an angst of the rivers can be made without
risk of fevers.

IN DINMARK.—The Danish parlia-
ment was brought to on Tuesday last, after a seemion
of four months. One of its final measures was to pam
amend railway bills, whereby the net of our state railways
may be regaraed as *staled for • long time. The rail-
way net spreads over North Jutland and Fyee,
and co lists of • trunk line from Aalborg in the
ninth of Jetleed over Aarhus and Fredericis to Vamdrup
on the Skint border, sad • branch from Aarhus over
Viborg to the tof the Linuiord. On Fyen the lioe will
run from Nv borgwesover Odeem toStrib. opposite Fredericia in
Jutland. The connexion between the flealsod line and the
Fran line, and between this and the Jutland will be
by means of a steamferry for goods and immense: wampum.
As soon as • similar communication is established between
flelsinghorg in Sweden and Elsinore in &eland, the whole
Scandinavian North will have • satisfactory iron route to
the European continent. The execution of this railway-
net has been entrusted to Sir Morton Peto. Ira
whole length is about three hundred English miles,
and its total expense about 16 millions of Danish dollars.
In order to complete the system, Sir Morton is bound to
I °alma the Jutland line with the long since finished South
Siegel( line ; while the &eland Railway Company, whose
line runs from Copenhagen to Korair mad the Great Belt, is
now throwing out • line from the capital over Fredericks-beg', the King's former residence, to Unicorn—Danmark.