The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-14 00:00:00

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

On Saturday morning the crime• of murder and
•rkid• earn• committed in the village of Littlabourite, about
'Mir 1104 • from Canterbury, au the road leading to Sand-
wich, by • yours widow, named Nary Au Cooper, the
m .tber of thrum. children. _ .

The dreadful et was discovered • few miscue after its
oropetretio... At nine &clack, ma, some seen engaged in
repairing a cottage adjoisieg the one where the sad events
mid taken place were di.terbed by theories of • little girl
sgrd 4 years, s child of ete.per's. Upon questioning bar
she told them that little Chaney was crying, aid that her
.muts was *wincing from the top stairs Repairing to the
cottage the men found both the wither and child, a boy 17
months arid, suspended from the band.rail of the ettie land-
ing, the *Alm being warm, bat life satinet. Neer
to where the bodies were found there was • third
rope prepared, apparently for the destruction of the
little girl, as it wee placed preciee is the same
tondos as those by which the two deaths had been
accinplished. The rims. which had been takes from the
seeking bottom of • bedstead, had attached to mak of the.
a slop of envois velvet, which. so all appearance, bad bets
design d by the wretched woman to mitigate, is some de-
gree. lb. abireebele of the children. The Gotten* wee found
very spare of termite'', bat it was remarkably gime, and
the beddieg particularly ss. As inquest was immathately
Instituted by Mr. J Thorp De Latent, coroner for But
Kent. before which it was depoimed that the husband of the
unhappy woman, a gardener, who, tor a number of years,
had worked at L.. Priory, died is March, 1864, leaving her
with three children. The laden had been taken by s see
Mende. end the parish of Woodoesborough allowed her
MEW bread and 2.. per week, which allowance having bees
napped, about sin weeks sin a, forced her so part with every
available ertiele, to prObllre subsistence for herself and too
children. From the penal of the pariah ellowasee having
bees withheld the wean. war observed by tbe neigh
bowing °onagers to be in a deeponding state, sad bar eon
ton incoherent. The 110111413.0 character foe industry
aid es-rality having been highly spoken to, the jury, who
felt ter .ngly against the wish authorities, returned • ver-
dict of " Rental derangement."

Wivit KILLICII ET ERR HUSBAND.-011 Hatarday
a vtossen ward Mena Hexes died in tn. Memottester ork-
house in eonetegeenes of injuries it flirted by her husbs md.
11l denositioels takes on ber death bed, by Mr. H. L
Trefoil, =stimulate, the womas stated that on Wedasedssy
alternate sb• bad bees leaking for Thomas Heys. bier
buabaad,
himbeard, sad we returning home she found bias maceNlo-
titer sum is the house, both of them drunk. Her bullhead
asked her ..b•re the messy was, sad Ms told bin is the
cupboard, having left 6.. Shen. Tin mosey bows'', was
goes, mod he thou heat Ism with the poker VVOT the beck
etil the poker Wok* I. two. Oa Friday she was taken I.
tbs• workhouse am a welly weak sad Oils slaty asd hit
stare birth to a ebtld. She gradually mak, sad es-
p,„ e. estursay. Her husband wee a rearmed convict,
dad dad ,1••• se work •eines kin return, bat reviler!, tea-
• thieves H. has met yet heed appreboaded.
ponos it MrsTAis.—Os lietsrdey, a shikl
'um. rests. di. .mhter at Mr. 1:=1,, ammeakemts Look
I will • Saying ps.ll "owl lot loess, ma with
• small b atM Allo with possess et almonds. Traipses
by the sprswee of the Oval, she drank it of, sad was
immediately afterwarm's mild with all die ijosPlowll of
Pirellis& Medical PA was PrOlands bas me expired.
midge s& loser.

TEE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1855.