The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

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three years ago, and, alter living together up to abouht eig ht
or nine weeks back, they quarrelled and parted. Te wile,
Diana, upon the separation, r
eturnedeu to the parental roof*
,
and baring employment, i able to earn
good living as a winder in the llanovu Silk.re'lls,
she seems to have Celt but little regret at the
change. Der husband, however, was not satisfied,
end, a few weeks since went to seek a re-union. He
hid pistols in his pocket, which were takes from hirn, and no
carious fears appear to have been entertained. 'Yesterday
hamming, however, at halUpast five o'clock, be wa laid her
as she went to work, in Friday-street, and invited her to go
end live with him again, and
l"
be comfortable."
all reply
was that sh., had lived a gay life and would live y life,
aid she then, after some threat fiom him which induced her
to reply she would raise the neighbourhood upon him, at-
tempted to escape from him. She ran in the direction of the
mill where she worked ; he followed,' and took a
pistol from his right-hand coat pocket and snapped it
at her. I* missed fire, however, and he re-cocked
it, followed and got hold of her dress, fired again,
and with fat.,,l precison and effect, for the ball entered
the back of lice head. She fell instantly, but did not expire
till after sat Sad been carried to the infirmary, some twenty
minives let. r. A great number of people were on their
way throuzh the street to work at the time, and several wit-
nessed the wh.ile affair, but, nut contemplatingsosudden and
shocking a tri.gedy, did not interfere in time to prevent it,
A polices eistable named Craven witnessed the transaction,
and between the moment et which the pistol missed tin:
and that when the more successful attempt woe made
sought to rush between thi tn, but was unfortunately
• the late. The husband brought taken inlrfiedildell, and
the 1411 W mowing was brought before Joseph
Peel, Esq one of the magistrates, fur examination.
A pistol WAS found in the prisoner's Lett coat pocket, charged
with powder and • ball, and with a cap on the nipple ; the
other pistol Lad also been restored, and wea found in his
right waistc oit pocket. lie coolly cautioned the policeman
as ke searchoil him, to handle the pistol in his left pocket
carefully. In the enut the father of the unfortunate
woman was called to give evidence, and said she had been
called up at 5 o'aock, and had lett the house to go to work
about 20 minutes afterlPAral,. 11. r bonnet was exhibited to
him Oath.. might identify it, and the old man burst into a
flood of tear,,. The prisoner preserved a deep silence, listen.
ing to the evidence with much eat metric's, hut not betray-
ing the List emotion. When asked if he hail
anything to aty, he r,plied " nothing," and was
then committed for trial at the Liverpool assizes.
as. ilecvnil.w.:.is about twvrty, five years of age and the
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about five years ago for felony*, for a period of ten years, and
who is still living; and the prisoner has a wife and two
children ON living. The first wife knew of his second mar-
riage, and had been he ,to say she cared not who had Dim,
so that she was free from him.

CLERICAL.
PRESElMlnlcra.—ltev. C. R. Dampier, te Shower-Provost
w Itodbere C., I kert, Saliobury.—lPc. E. C. Dade, to Wen
Lr'worth and Wirtoll C.. Dorset, Mo. Salishory. —Rec. J. M.C.
are, to Brailford.Pecerell C., Doreet, dio. J.
—Rev. W.
RoUghtoe, to S. nom and St. Levan C., Cornwall, din. Enter, Mee
rise. O. R. Poprom.—lter. H. Bayer to st. Athan C., Gla-
morganshire, Llunilaft.-11?r. A. D. Shaft°, to Utickworth IL,
Hunts., dio. Ely; 'W., with residence: pat., R. E. D. Shaftn, Rm.;
vice R. S. ShlP.o, dec.—Res. G. J. Sayre, to slaro in P. C., Devon,
dio. Exeter; : pat., W. Poise, Reea—ilev. W. V. Eitchina, to
Brooklet. C., Northamp., dio. Peteelh—Ree. Colcott,
Claybrook.; C., larestorsh., din. Peterb.—Rev. W. Horsey, to liad.
Riga C., Eres, Mo. Rochester.
VAesnc ns.—Ainderby V., Ycrkshire, dio. Ripon; 2001. ;
pat., the 1.0r.1 Chancellor; Rev. F. P. Walton, der.—Ryton C., co.
and dio. Did ham ; Rev. C. Carr, prenu.—Witton-Colbert r. Rouble.
wcrth R., co. :old Mo. Durban; 3118., with residence; pate., Dein
and Chaphr of Durham; Rec. E. Sneye prom.
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NAVAL.
ADMIILALTY, JULY 2.5 . —ArrOlltTlCENTlL—LiClltenellit
and Como:waist E. A. Llod• to Lucifer.—Liedtcoant C. ItcArri
to Reynard. —Mazur J. Cron, to Illuitriow.—Stsmod Stas,rg E.
Wollry, to Lull r; C. Chatfield acting)•
to Havannah.—MoW,ip.
man T. H Havannah.—lmpectors of Sitiorrlghts ; N. Ituo-
dell and S. W.llters, to Derrnport Yard.

MILITARY.
THE 141!7 1T.% ItY CAXP AT EVEKTON has not yet been
fully tormel, but meanwhile the soldiers (the 9th Foot, and parto of
the 6oth and its root, 4th DraßOOrt,, and Royal Artillery) are petted
in various parts of the towa anti neighbourhood. A few colop.tmen of
the adth lout were also in the town, but they received orders tor Ire-
land, and msrehel yesterday. General Sir W. Wirre, and the staff
tttlorneng to the north-western military offiix, bare establishtd them
quartets ig Liverpool for the present.