The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-30 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT

OLDHAM.

About 12 o'clock on Saturday, a man named
Joseph Whirred, a euchre riper, living at Mk Prime
Albertans's', Oldham. attempted to murder his wife, and
atterwarda succeeded is committing suicide. The tor had
formerly been rapleyed both by Mews. Platt and by
Mr. Am Ler, leatehiaiste, of that tows, but be has
for ears time been out of work, and has latterly been
in a low, despeediag state of mind. His wife was
csoulleed of her rear child (sirs deed) as Satur-
day last, and from the time of her coulloarest up to
lest night the man had slept M his mother's hoar.
Ills wile was is bed on Saturday farmers, sod during
the temporary Maros of a nurse who was employed
to wait upon her, he made a deliberate attempt to murder
the poor worse. With a knife he Splinted a cut under
her eye, and .nether is the erne of her upper lip ; but
she sprats to have struggled so offeetualiy r to pro-
vost him from carrying his design into recut:or.
Her seresais brought the ours upstairs, sod spots observing
her ester the bedroom Whitehead drew the knife across
his own throat, inflicting a tearful wooed. Ha fell back-
wards upon the Soar, and died before medical ranter*
cord be peerd It is stated that lalakehead did not
askew,' attempt to chop} cis rfeaaratill *mg two pass •
of age, who w said to have critereid the attack upon his
rotor, rod tit have run out of the home crying that his
father was killing her. Though the attack span his wife
was made very suddenly, sits wu enabled to catch boll
of the knife, and her hand is severely cut by the to wi 111
whisk be doss it bar pop. The irtrument, a era-
mon table kids, has bees taken preemies of by the polies.
Both she handle sad blade an covered with blood. Mr.
Prestwich sad Mr. Platt, surgeons, were very speedily ou the
spot, but their services were et so avail, the usfortrate
nee being dead before their snivel. The doomed is about
36 years of ap.

Mr. H. A. BRIICL, M.P., AND HIS OONSTI-
SMITS.—The Seders of Merthyr were Wined by their
repteiontetive, the Bight Hoo. H. A. Brun, View Pres-
ides& of the Board of Filscatioe, oo Thursday envie& L
the nano of his speech he said, "the present parliameet
had 'viand • deep aid sneer, Unrest in the welfare of the
country, sad in sapng this he spoke more particularly of
the petty to which he belonged. It might have been retro.
glossies on qesnloos connected with religious re-
forms, bat set co other subject". Mr. Gladaton's
Government Alistair Bill was • most important
measure, u was also the application of the Fee-
, tory Act system to the truths which bad not hitherto
been incloded. Six walla ago he was represented to have
said that education had fallen off, but he had particularly
guarded himself against making any such statement. What I
as did say was, that the promos of education was sow Dd.
°wearily pot so rapid is a few years ego. The clergy had
objected very much to the "conscience clause ;" it had been
stein that the Privy Oeseeil had refused gents to the
church schools of the Notion! Satiety union they took the
0011110i01108 &nee ; for this society could make all the
children leans the Chetah Oneekkne, or eudiele them from
the schools. Now, he had given scores of pests seder
such Steaminess:, where it would be novo there
were a sufficiest number of members of the church
of England is the parish to justify such a gnat,
or if the parish analated enuely, as some did, of
members of the church of Pseud. But where there was
only one school, and a divided population, they always asked
what provisos had been made ter the childres of dewiness-
One would suppose that that was tuneable monk and
would bays ben assented to on all heads ; but such a storm
was raised that on wadi think they were animated with
sentiments of hostility to the thorn of England. The
owned, however. actl4 with impartiality, and wee eme-
tically of no rellgies, bat gave ealieberel to ohardosse, db.
enters, Jews, sod hums. caithrisa. At W. enoelneera
the boo. member's speech • vote of °Defiance is kis par-
liementery conduct was unanimously passed, and the tont-
the aanzathth
" Womaw's Itwere."—A. novel question has
arise at Oxford reepactiog the rights of lady governors
of the Radcliffe Infirmary. At the October quarterly
coot two ladies entered the room sod tendered their
votes on the elicits of • committni. This was as un-
pronedented circumstance, sod the master of Univer-
sity Oollege, who presided on that occasion, would only
receive the votes under protest. At the quarterly court
last week five ladies attended, and a loos disoussin took
pine, two propositions being submitted--cue denying
their right of attending, and the other proposing that
counsel's opinion be tone cm the queen. rile advocates
of the former urged the usage of eighty Tears, sad tidied
on a phrase in the rules—" ladies subscribing as governors,*
as implying a dietlection beton' them sad the other sex.
Os the other side it was shown that ladies bad the privilege
of voting by proxy on °Wein oconions, and that proxies in-
variably comforted an additional and not • limited right.
This view evestnally prevailed, and it was eonwireestiv
eresidsied sassosmary be obtain a bpi *doe. Prams
Westwood boa, however, woos pebeanu a tutu wine,
while 'Smiths( the right to vote of unmarried ladies, on-
, node that this is a chattel interest, which is the use of
menial worms is vested in their husbands. The dinette
will, therefore, probably be revived.
The following apec 'el gifts for the purchase
of the lifeboats maul were prenned last year
to the linked Lifeboat Institution. Berwick-oe•Tweed,
Briffiingtim, Cerdigan. and Casoarthen-bay, collected is
Manchester by MUT& R. Whitworth, J. G. Zia and Rev.
E. Bowleg, 9401,95. I.od. ; Alemostii, Mks Wardell, 3201.
Roden, Meseta. Jobs Crowley and Sons, 3001. • W hitby,
No. 2, Dr. H. W. Watson, 1801. ; Deena Noek, Mr. Robert
How, end Min How, 350/. • Tbeddletkorps. Mrs. B.
Quids, 3301. • Sutton. collected in Birmingham, 2301. ;
Skestiess, Memils of the late Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P.,
Wth th. ; Dover. collected is Wiltabir• be Centel. N. J.
Reed, LW., 4351 10a. 9d. ; Pod% • 1A4,5001. ; Pew
moo, J. 0., 2501. ; douses Cove, Mrs. M. A. Davis,
3004 ; Psdetow' collected in Bristol by OaE. Irma.
ROI. • Nev.:pry (Cardigan). Aaieet order of
lforsaters„ 2361. I.ls. 3d. ; Port/sahibs*, Lady Cotton
Sheppard and Fri•ads. 250/. ; Holyhead and New
Brighton, Mr. Joseph Leather, 6621. 15e. : Biaskeoel,
Mrs. and lies Hoehn". 9501. ; Pw, Oematercial Tramline
Lifeboat Fond, 250/. • Gime, Mr. Alexander Kay, 401'1. ;
I.ondeselesey, Mr. J. D. Allacift, 2501, • Tremors, Own-
bridge Uelversity Beat 0116,2501.; Atileass. • Fein& 3001..;
Valenta, slimily, 5051. ; askew total al 8,3271. lla. 101.
As each lifeboat stubs requires 501. a year to keep B l• •
stand officiossy, tie faseteatiee met essemedly regales er7
large used beers te maiehris in 140 likbeete, obi; ,
sow mistineed os cartons parte of the meets of it. UsitedOM
Kingdom, and *bah Ism every year nearly 500 lime from
shipiriade