The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

ATROCIOUS MURDER IN SCOTLAND.

The county of Sutherland, the moat remarkable
in Great Britain for the lightness of its criminal calender,
has for the lint time in many years, been disgraced by
the perpetration of • murder rivalling in atrocity most
of those that have of late been committed. The foul
deed, committed on the person of • respectable and agel
female, was done at Dornoch, without the slightest pro.
vocation or justification, and is almost wit. at •
parallel in the history of the crimes of blood. The 101 l
details, pending the official investigation, are not tire for
public disclosure ; but the following are the leading fscta of
the case : Between two and three o clock on Saturday morn-
ing, a young unmarried man. named Alex. WM., • native of
Deraocb, while in • state of intoxication, went to the house
in the burgh occupied by Mr. Sutherland and others,
and alarmed the inmates by drawiag up the lower
saah of the window in the house. In the room occupied by
Mrs. Sutherland, there were two persona sleeping. Mrs.
Sutherland sod a young girl.the latter of whom escapedbya
back window in her nightdress on hearing the noise, and
running to the next house, alarmed the inmates, who bad
only recently gone to Led. While raising the alarm the girl
observed a light in another house, and running there, she
obtained entrance, and apprised the inmates that a man
bad entered the house of Mrs. Sutherland, and was then is
it. For some unexplained reason no one went to Mrs.
Sutherland's assistance, nor was the girl allowed
to go to the house till nearly six o'clock in the
morning, the boar of the north marl's arrival,
when the muter of the house to which the girl ran west
and informed a relative of Mrs. Sutherland's of the girl's
statement. 'Loth then went to the house, and forcing open
the door, they entered the room, and found Mrs. Sutherland
It nig on the floor in her night dream dead, and Ross lying and
sleeping by her side. The police-coasLable's house being next
door, Rorie was immediately taken in charge, and he hes
since been committed to prison. He gives no ioteUigible
account of himself, bat it is believed that, while under
the influence of drink,and ignorant of the hour, he had gone
to the house to visit the girl, with whom he had some pre-
vious acquaintance. The body underwent a poet.mortern
examination by Drs. Ellison, of Taio, sod Souter,of Golspie,
who have reported that Mrs. Sutherland, who is 72 years of
age, died from violence, sod there is oo reason to doubt that
• foul murder was committed. Mrs. Sutherland was mother
of Mrs. Gunn, of the Dernoch Inn, and was a native of
lisitboess. Roes is a slater by trade, sod has hitherto borne
a good character,—Norria9hrrni Guardia,.

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to strong. some snow. frrsh to str,o,z, some
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The shop of Mr. Lupton, jeweller, Grey-street,
Newcastle, was entered during Friday night last, sad
robbed of jewellery of various kinds, witioutod to sauxtat
in 'film, to 2,0001.

ACCIDENTS THROUGH THE FROST.---(THIS DAT.)
This morning end during yesterday six or seven accidents
were attended to at the koyal Free Hospital, Gray's-Ma-
i road, arising from slides on the pavement. and the slippery
date of the roads. The only one of a serious character
occurred to Henry Siesta), aged Co, a clerk, residing
at 45, Haverstock.street, Camden-town. The unfor-
tunate man was parsing along Derby street. whea
he slipped and fell heavily into the road. The by-
standers, finding that something serious had happened,
conveyed the man to the Royal Free Hospital, where he
was at mos admitted to the accident ward. Mr. J. It Hill.
the resident medical officer, and Mr. A. Rushy. the hones
surgeon, immediately attended to him, and it warn then
ascertained that the unfortunate man had @ultimd such
a severe fracture of the leg that it will be some weeks ba
fore be will be able to leave the hospital.
FATAL RESULTS Or FURIOUS DRIVING.—On
Saturday an adjourned inquest was held at (liariog•csose
Hospital on the body of James Thomas Kibblo, aged ad
years, whose death was the result of being run over by a
heavy van and horses near Northumberland-home. William
Wright, of Cliftomstreet, Finsbury, deposed that about
4 o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the occurrence he
mw the waggon, which was a covered one with two hones,
coming up from Parliament-street, and at the same time he
observed the deceased crossing from Spricg-gardees. The
deemed raised his stick as though to stop the horses. but
he wee nevertheless knocked crown, and both fore and Mod
wheel pawed over him. The waggon was going at not 10141
than eight to tea miles as hour. The driver was no the
box, and after the occorreoce drove off at a rapid pa?s
round by the National Gallery and then into St. Marcia s-
law, increasing his speed. The jury returned a verdict of
manslaughter against the driver of the waggoe, and the
polies were instructed to take steps for Lis appreheasiam