The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-25 00:00:00

NUEDER NEAR DARBY.

A brutal murder was perpetrated ce Monday
swain; tallow the turnpike rood between Derby sad Not-
tingham, is the parish of Spondon, about two and a half
name from Darby. It appears that about 8 o'clock on Igoe-
day inning, hank Sten., glove band, aged 47, residing in
Clutch-street, Spondon, left his home for the purpose of
gags to Derby for some lien belonging to his en, who is
note, as servant at Appleby Hall. About 12 o'clock the
same evening Stone was found lying by the silo of the turn-
pike rood near to Spondon village, having been meet cruelly
111-treated and robbed. The man who found him le named
Davis, and Is engaged as watcher for the Derby Aeolus'
Club. Os diming the body—life not being satinet—Davie
placed it war to the bodge, and then hastened to Derby to
give lafennatise at the police station. He afterwards re-
turned Mae murdered man, and the flannel being ncog-
I need, the Mew wee sonveyed to his own home.
Mr. , Spoedon was soon in attendant*,
bat at our of his life, lad he died about 6 o'clock
en Tuesday menting. Ho never spoke, but remained insen-
sible from the time be was found until his death. The ill-
treatmeat the deemed bad rewind we. brutal in the ea-
treme—his head Wag eseapletrely battered in. There were
ao lees them eight deep wounds, which had evidently been
isfilitted by same bloat instrument. There was a large pool
of congealed bloods. the taropike-road when the body
was fooled, and about eight yards nearer Derby there were
two lessor pool., and it is @opposed that deceased was
dragged from the latter spot to tie former, where no doubt
his murderess left him. At Cherry hill, about 200 yards
ROUST Derby, wee also found a pool of blood by the side of
a Motu wall, while* see of the stones had masks on it that
would have been sawed by the firing of shot. That plunder
was the object of the murderers to evidenced by the fact
that the murdered wan was robbed of hie boots (odd ones),
and there is no doubt that they took the linen he was
carrying with him as en empty hamper was found on the
turarike road about 200 yards from where lb. body was
foxed. Mr. Stow we. a quiet, handles, inoffeadve mu,
aid has UR a widow end tin odium to lament his sad
he.. At the time of his death he was suffering from a
WNW which he had twenty years ego. Information of
UM murder was given to Mr. Jones, superintendent mo-
nads of the distrist, who early yesterday morning appre-
hended a wino on the road our to Bpondon, whetted
be.. seen ia the sompeny of two eupielou @bantam late
les the pprevious evening She gave the constable sash a
Beat udktory and incredible aceount of how she had yawed
the sight that it is strosigly suspected she knows Teething
shoot this foul treareactioa. The inquest had just com.
mewed before Mr. Mosley, coroner for the district, wl.es
oar report left. The greatest ezeitement prevails in the
neighbourhood. There had been a gnat festival at the
Derby Arboretum en Monday, and which was attended by
beton. 20.000 and 30,000 people, eneequently numbers of
people were leavening en the road that night. It is @ap-
pend that the murdered man wee attacked between 11 and
12 o'clock.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A
CLBRO r NAN.

A elm of an extraordinary nature bee been m-
oistly brought to light is Birmingham. The Rev. Patrick
King, one of the curates of Aston, a village within the
borough of Birmingham, and who wu formerly a Roman
indult., introduced to the parishioners • few week. sine* •
young lady, named Ann Downes, his stop sister, and repro.
mated that she bed arrived from abroad, and was seeking to
recruit her health. He provided apartments for her, and • few
days after her snivel eke wu delivered of a male child.
Preliminary arrangemeau having been made the child was
sent oat to sane, and Mims Downes will removed from the
apartment. and took up her residence with Mr. King in the
lege of Aston. It was notocsd that he paid particular at-
Unties to the child, and acted towards it as a father. Is
coutequenee of rumours having got abroad that the ebild
had been unfairly dealt with, the Folio, ordered an Weisel-
ration to be made Into the eirearasta.nose of the cue.
It was discovered that in len than two weeks after
the birth of the child the Reverend Mr. King had or-
dered a oar to drive him and • little girl
who took charge of the baby, to Trinity Chapel, where it
was, as he said, to be ehnstened. Instead, however, of
, stopping at the chapel, Mr. King ordered the emus to
drive on to a place called Lapworih.hill, about six miles
from Birmingham, and on the road to Warwick. When
there, he took the obild fry m the girl, and after walking
over some fields with it, returned to the ear In the otiose of
a few minutes. The child wee not with him when he came
back. The oar was driven home, and nothing further was
heard about the baby until last week, when the authorities
were informed that • little boy, attracted by the screams of
the child, bad found it lying In • marl pit does
by the side of a deep pool of water. He took it
to a women, who conveyed it to Solihull work.
house. The child wee unwell from exposure, but
there were no marks of violence on its person. It wee sub-
sequently identified es the child taken out fa the ear by_Mr.
King. The polies applied for a warrant spinet Mr. Kiag
and his sister, and they were apprehended on Monday, by
the chief of the Aston police, at C.iventry. When charged
with deserting his illegitimate infant, Mr. King alm.tted
that the accusation wee correct. The female did not deny
that he was the father of the child. Mr. King eras brought
before the Solihull magistrates on Tuesday (yesterday),
and remanded until to-day.