The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1864.

Robert Nicholson swan-1 live at 29, Undervcaninkaad,
Mll.-all New-town. lam a carpet plainer, sad also over-
seer of the parish. The dammed Mary Ann ()MOW' wee
my wife'a Meter. She wads about forty, and was
• widow. Her buaband was a magician, and
used to lead the bead at dinky's. The other
poor autotimer.* woman was aim • sister-ii.law of mine,
and was three or four years older than Mrs. Gribbin. I
went to the house, 21, AlberFootragea, about ten o'clock an
Friday night, in coneequasee of • oommuntcation from Mr.
Ware, the manager of the Metropolitan Buildings. I was
iumompaoied by my two brothers end some other pension
who were at sapper with me. 1 opened the door with my
father's key. Os going up stain 1 found Mrs. Beckenham
on the door, and Mn. Gribbin kneeling as the floor, with
• the body and heed resting on her folded aims a the sofa.
They were both dead. Mr. Beckealum was under the bed,
and was naked with the exception of his shirt. His mind
is completely gone. For • long time be has sot been right
in his head, but he is quits harmless. The two
women were very much given to habits of in-
temperance—very much indeed. Mr. Ware sent
for a method gentleman, and aa imistaat
eame. Two young men came, me from Mr. Richardson
and one from Dr. Champoey.
.1 myself sent for Mr. Clayton
who sew the bodies in pronaely the mine 'Mumma in
which they were found. 1 bad not seen my Isotbor-in-law
for about a week I sew Mn. Gribbin on Sunday week as
I was going to Sunday school, about 2in the afternoon. 1
last saw Mn. Beckenham five or sin weeks ago. I was
ashamed of them, and it was not an uncommon thing
for me not to NM them for days. My brother-in-law's
pension was 14s. a week.
The Coroser—Did you ever hear Km. Gribbin threaten
Mrs. Beckenham !

EIiORI'ING INTELLIGENCE.

'S.—MoNDAy inERNOON.

It is homily to be expected that at this flat period of the
year the., will be any specadatioa worthy of comment at
the Corner. Knaveamire saw what little there was last
week, and Derby and Warwick and, perhaps, Exeter are
the meetings where sloes the approaching great Doucette,
event will be beached upon to any extent.
This afternoon the York settling occupied the time—a
settling eminently disastrous to backers, one heavy item in
I the account against them being the defeat of Blair Athol.
Apropos of the Items backer. of favourites have to sub-
mit to, there is another not coming under the legitimate
ices and gain of betting—that is to say, not mar* when
they win. Captain Nevin, a gentleman holding a OCCOOda•
aka in the Leiccetershire Yeomanry, was unfortunate
enough to back Scottish Chief and other winners at Ascot
to the mount of 1,2001. with some members of the
welching." fraternity, and has received fee far-
thing at his money. He posted a list containing their
names in the room this atomics. What makes Captain
Novas case a bard one is that he has lost money te these
men as differeat times, and, of come, paid them.
Our return calls for no particular comment.

LIG/OL
9 to mist Mr. W. l'Asson's Stair Athol (t 5 to 2)
9 to Lord Glasgow's General Pool (t oto 9;
9 to Ilr. lannsts's Miser (oll)
100 to Mr. Bowes's &malt (t)
100 to Mr. Cartwright's lay (8 sad oft)
25 to Mr. Bowes Oarsmen' (t)
25 to Mr. Pardoe's Knight of Snowdon (t)
30 to Mr. J. Day's Master Richard
33 to Baron Rothschild's Bream (5)
TdL DIRBT
1000 to 30 NA Mr Watt's Qatar kt)
40 to 1 Lord Durham's Witard's dam colt 4)

Witneu—Never in my life. I brought toy brother-in.
law home that eight, but the discovery had such ea effect
on my wde that sue ooramsocied screaming, sad I took him
off to his brother's.

Ms. Geo. Ware sworn—l live in Albert-ebeet-chainbere,
and collect the mats. 1 brat awaked at 21, alhertreareet,
without piling admission, on Thunday. I went there
about getting posteriori of the Loan, notice to quit
having been given. Next evening I communicated with she
brother, and went to the hour with him. I found the two
women dead. I did not see the man, because when I saw
the women dead I sent for the polio% end went myself for
the doctor. I sew Yrs. Beekaohisa lasS oa the previous
Monday.

Lydia Goosey—l live in Spear-street. I knew Mrs.
Beckenham and Mrs. Gribbin. I lest had some drink with
them on Tuesday. Mr. Beckenham came for ms to sit with
his wife lint before ten o'clock in the weenies. Mr. Beck-
enham returned before one. Mrs. Beckenham wen in the
kitchen. She was drained, bet had so miderclothing, only
her gown on. She was witting by the fire. She was not to
say thoroughly sober—middling. She appeared to we to
have been drinking over night. Mrs. Gribbin was on the
bed, and had a blanket rouod her shoulders. She same out
in that state, with the blanket on her shoulders, and sat on
the couch. There was no other bed in the room., but there
was a sofa. Mn. Gribbin also was " middling. Yoe could
not say ahe was tipsy, quite, but she bad been drinking, and
had not quite recovered. The first thing we did
was to have • Wide more. I fetched a pot
of beer about two o'clock. They hod neither
victuals to eat, nor anything to drink. N e ponied the time
talking about one thing and another. Mrs. Gribbin laid down
on the couch, niciening and grassing with psis in her
stomach, and vomited very much. She drank • good many
gleams of water. She still bad the blanket round her
shoulders. There was a guanine of go !etched with the
beer. I have sees the bottle oo the table before, but there
was no gin in it. I fetched no more to drink that day. They
had nothing to eat. Mrs. Gribbin said she thought the gin
did her a little good, and asked ma to go and feel in her
pocket and see if there was any money in it, but there wan
' none. !don't know but,tbat Mrs. Beckenham might have
fetched a drop of beer before I left, but 1 did not fetch any
niore. Mrs. Gribbin did sot dries herself, and Mr. Beck's-
ham remained by the kitchen fire all day. They both
seemed very ill. I left about nine o'clock. Mrs. Gribbin
wan sick from three o'clock till bye. Tue sickness had left •
good bit before I went away. The rooms consist ofa *Ming-
room, bedroom, and kitchen, with • water-closet, all on the
same II ilre.Gribbie vomited clear water in she sink. She
said her stomach was aching from want. Mrs. Beckenham
was pretty well when I left. its I went away ou Tuesday night
Mrs. Beckenham said, ...Come as early as you can to-morrow,
Mrs. Gooney, for I shall have a ha* night of it to-night—l
shall get no rest to-niebt." I have known them all for many
years. Mr. Beckenham was always a very good, quiet man.
I never knew Min to quarrel with his wife; he wan a very
quiet man. I called three times on Wednesday morning,
but could get no reply to my knocking. Mrs. Beckenham
only had some old slippers on at the time 1 left, no stock -
hip. I thought Mrs. Gribbin was very ill, and she might
die. 1 never saw either of them alive afterwards.

Hear, North, the landlord of the Prince of Wales, at the
carom of Albert-street, stated that Mr. Beckenham fetched
half • gallon of beer on Tuesday night. He came first and
baked me to trust him, but I would sot. He went out and
aka 10 minutes' abloom returned with a shilling. I asst
for the can next day, but could not get any admittance.
Dr. William Goyim, of Brick-lam, having nees sworn,
deposed as follows :—I was celled to the house in question
on Friday night, about 11 o'clock. On entering the room
one corpse was found in a kneeling position, the head and
chest resting on the conch, supported by the left band ; the
right arm was daccid, and the hand resting oc the coach.
Deemed was dressed, sod bed home and stockings on. Her
clothes were covered with vermin. The body was pointed
out es that of Mrs. Gribbin. The other body, which was
that of Mrs. Beckenham, was lying in the left band corner
of the room, near the bedroom doorway, the bead being
close to the door. Deceased was lying on her beck, with
one hand on the pit of the stomach, and the other tough-
ies her breast. libe was dressed is a shift, petti-
coat, and jacket.. Her legs were quite bare, and she
was lying on a great mat, through ooe sleeve of which she
had thrust her left arm. The whole place wee very dirty,
but bore no appearani.e of abject poverty, nor was there the
least appearuceof any struggle. The position of the bodies
appeared to be that adopted in life. On making • post
mortem examination of the body of Mrs. Cribb* he found
it to he that of a stout middle-aged woman. The body was
excesaliogly dirty, and there was a slight rigor mortis.
There was no appearance of violence. The face was mach
discoloured, apparently from the poetic" in which the body
lay. The cornea were both dull, but the pupils of the eyes
were rather dilated. The skin was peeling off all over the
chest and abdomen, especially on the left side.
On opening the skull the upper surface of the
lest bemieptiere of the brain was somewhat opaque. The
substance of the brain cut unusually firm, like that of spirit
drinkers ; the ventricles were apparently healthy, and con-
tained • small quantity of bloody serum, about 2 ox. of which
was fouod at the base of the skull. There was no fracture
or injury of the skull observable, nor dad the mouth or
tongue present any trams of corrosive poisoning. The heart
was found dilated, flaccid, sod empty, but there was no
effu'iou into the pericardium, and as valvular disease. The
substance of the heart was firm, but too pale for health.
The lower lobe of the left lung was congested, but con.
tamed • little air. The stomach appeared to be
almost empty, as were the intestines. The liver
was enormously large, weighing between 9lbs. and
10Iba., and the colour a bright buff, cat like •
cream cheese. The front patios of the small intestine was
somewhat congested, the kidneys granular with fatty de-
generation, and the bladder was quite empty. Witness
tested the body for prussic acid, but it gave a negative re-
sult, nor was there any odour of poison about the bodiee.
The only smell besides that of putrescence was that of a
rather sweet spirituous odour in the brain. The body of Mrs.
Beckenham was apparently that of a younger woman, and
was mach less decomposed than the other ; but in this vas
there was rather mom rigor mortie. There was no mark of
external injury except on the left side, where there was a
mark resembling that of • mustard planter. (in the middle
of the forehead there was a bruise which extended to the
bone, but there was no correspooding mark on the inside of
the nil. On the hack of the heed there was a mere exteo.
sive bruise. The brain was apparently healthy, sad cut
very firm, like the other. There were about four
moue of bloody serum at the bare of the
skull. There was no extrammtion in the bra's,
end no marks of corrosion in the mouth.

The heart was nearly empty, sad wee severed with fat.
There was a large pale clot of fat in the left ventricle, ex-
tending to the aorta and carotids, sad a similar clot on the
right side, but not so large as to obstruct the pulmonary
circulation. The liver was very largo, about aloe or tea
pounds is weight, of the consistence of cream cheese, sod
the colour wu a light buff. A portion of the liver and a
piece of the small intestines, as well am the stomach, were
in both cases reserved for analysstion by Dr. letbeby.
Both the stomach end the intestines were perfectly empty,
ea was the bladder, bat there was no appearance of indam-
sake. The kidneys were granular, sad the spleen was
a pparently healthy.
In reply to the
coroner,

The wanes' declined to give • precise opinion on the cense
of death till after the resulta the an►lysstioe of the
stomach and viscera had been made known ; sod
The proceedings were accordin,,ly adjourned till 4 o'clock
to-morrow(Wednesday) week.

,1, THE LATE MR. JOSEPH UNDERWOOD.—TLC news
of the death of this esteemed gentleman will be received
with unteigued sorrow by those who came within the
circle of his friendship or acquaintance. He died at his
country residence at Norwich on Friday laat, where be had
some abort lime ago removed to for the benefit of his health.
He left Carlisle when a young mac, end mitered upon a
course of active industry in London, securing a large fortune
►od a position which brought him is contact with the mast
emioent merchants in the City. His active business habits
worthy of imitation, were seldom equ►lled, and be leave/
behind hue a noble example of what industry sad upright,
conduct can attain when marked out by honourable dealicip
and active perseverance. In addition to the masy honour.
• able CAPS of distiactios is the City of London bald by Mr.
liaderwood, he was • member of the court of the Fish.
mongers' Company, and Prime Warden at the time when
his Royal Highness the Prime of Wales was entertained at
the hall and presented with the freedom of their ancient
piled. The last time be ventured to the City visa au the
intereetiog occasion of that company presenting General
Garibaldi with its freedom ; this was else durinir Mr. Under.
wood's year of office's Prime Wardle, but calms way to the
hall he was seised with severe illness, compelled to return
to his residence in Hyde-park-gardens, end wee Dever after-
! ward, io the City. His rename ere interred in the family
vault at Norwich.

lerf. kb home insert, far his wife was in the habit of further inland, of the same county, it was stated :—" Cp
genUng drank. to the close of last weak the weather was fine, and harvest
112. (to the prisoner!—Have you anything to say ! work was carded on favourably. W. bad a abaadanitathe
Prisocer—l took it. MY etre neglects my family, sod I on Sunday, with several hour heavy rain. On Tuesday
am wons off than if had no cons. I came.
. 7„ocr rein fell over the greater part of the comity ; yesterday
worship for winos, sad you told ma that if Imo a bed we had a few *bowers; today is fine. Tin temperature
bargain I most pit ay with it My Door children are sag- still low. la this district thres-fetutlis of the wheat crop
'acted sod darted. My wife has not been sober for one and one-fourth of the barley have been secured. The
day fora mood'. I caseet keep any in the house for weer eeep will be much mellowed sad improvedby the
her. (The primmer. suseMone him from speak- min, if we sow be favoured with fine weather to secure it."
ing. J She (prima, Ineelliks) sae to it. I Friday was a favourable day, cold ad bracing. From the
Mr. Ingham—Fos ere Neeended far a week. West Biding of Yorkshire, it was stand :—" We have hue
weather for hernet work, ad our farmers are making good
progress le securing their crops, which prevents them from
threshing either wheat at barley." On Saturday, the
weather was very fine at its opening, when the wind ass
; but it got round to the S.W. by noon, and waa thick
and unsettled ; a good breadth of land would be cleared dur-
ing the day, but the oorn would not go up in such fine con.
dither as previously. In Scotland a fair beginning has bees
made, and wheat and barley have been cut in the earliust
districts. Barley promises there to be a good quality.
Mark-lane Expreu.