The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-09 00:00:00

MURDER OF A SURGEON NEAR NEWCASTLE.

Another horrid murder has been committed within
a few miles of Newcastle. The victim is Hr. Stirling, •
young gentleman under thirty years of age, a *arises, who
came from Scotland about three weeks ago, sad was engaged
es an smitten to Mr. Watson, a very respeetable surgeon et
Bersopield, a village about Wen miles from this town.
On Thursday, the tat inst., be left the surgery in the fore-
noon, end went out to visit some patients at Spen, about
three miles of, in the direction of Otbside. He had made
the visits, and was Marais' to Burnopfield, but never
reached there, the place where he was murdered being
about me mile off. The last time he was seen alive was at
oes Vela* in the afternoon,when he departed from the lest
of the patients he from home
visit. Suspicion was
excited by kis absence from home on Thursday sight,
and as no tidings meld be obtained of him,
it was determined to make a search is the direction in which
the young man had to go to make the professional visits
when be left Mr. Watson's on Thursday. On Tuesday, In
examining a wood through which he had to pass, not far
from Gibside, and about a mile from Barnaptleld, the body
of the unfortunate young man was found by his distressed
parent, when It was discovered that be bad been robbed
and barbarously murdered. It appeared that he had been
shot in the groin, then beaten about the head, and his face
was dreadfully mutilated. His watch, a ring which he
wore, sad his pane bed been taken away; from which it is
evident that the motive for depriving him of life was to
become messaged of the property ha had about him. He
was well educated. gentlemanly in his manners. and be-
lieved to a fan Hy of great respectability.—Nrsecsetle
Yeasertfer at yesterday.

ADVANTAGE OP STATISTICS TO THE AGEICULTU-
iiii.—At the saniversary muting of the Wenlock Fainters
Club, T. G. Benson, Esq., via-president of tbe dub and
shakoes for the day, alluded is the souse of hie speech to
the subjoin of eirioultaral statistics, saying that he called
particular *Masi= to it, because he was truly of opinion
that if the (amen would give their assistance in 'tarrying
est the system of statistics they would be greatly benefited.
All the great easufesturing %tenets of the country adopted
the plan of statistical interstitial, and by mess of the
returns published they were enabled to jades of the latent
of supply, and cossequeatly of distend. By such a mode
the agricultural interest would have the muse of ascertain-
hag the probable pries to which their produce would
nub. Did they at the present stoma know exactly the
proper time when to go into the market, or what to take
for their grata ? It wu very well known that many
fusers bad sold their grain for 60s. or 70e. per quarter,
when is a few sesathe It had nn up to 120 s. Now that
would not have beta tire awe had the farmers been in pas
asloa of pamper eirlisties i sad he certainly thought it
would be greatly be their kismet to supply the statistical
isfonnation requested by the peeraseat. Be believed. as
he had said before, that an appeglatate return would he
baselelal to all perttea—bat he ebauld resist to the wisest
any attempt to pry into the priests eeneenas of any nu, or
anything like being subject to emearelway isessares.
FIZZ AT MEOW. BEVAN, PAWS, AND MS.—
Yesterday inerniag, between few sad live o'elock, a fire
beaks out ea the extensive premien baba/deg to Maws.
Bryan, Pries. sad Co., the well banns army comma"
chats In Dikalsrulteti Waliessrat. earnings
were speedily en the spans end the denial was 4 by streawas
exertion, }revealed free resebind the main faetwy or any
' el tbe enetesailig pellile• • wises snout of damp
mai boom% erariddied. The }Mien of the
' deelseyed masa se weebbe}s sod Meese, sad, it 11=1
sem& eastalweil a large esaatity of 'guy aineatzemants.
r Idr. lireidnee• in his aidsl report, states :—" An eight-
resseed end eworkshops end stores, about two-
tiriver Lc* warned by liteuranire ia the Mahn-
' dile