The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-04 00:00:00

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Mr. Tosses presented the draft of a memorial drawn up
by the committee appointed to prepare one to be presented
to the Hesse-ellee, in favour of the abolition of grand juries
In Middlesex.
Mr. litucx seconded Mr. Turner'. motion.
Mr. NATHALI Lanais directed from the memorial, on
the ground that it did not gn far enough, and thought it
would have beita better to have supported the views em-
bodied ip the bill introduced by the late Attorney-General. !
Liost-Coletnel BAGOT instanced the usefulness of retain-
lag the groad jerks is counties, by the Boding of the grand
losigearthe Bix-mile Bridge agr.
some observations from Mr. AXIVITIAMO, the
me-
atorial was adopted.
The reports of the Committee of Accounts and General
rurpoese, and from the visit.ng justices of the respective
Prisms were promoted, but they contained no subject of ,
littoral, with the exception of an ethnics made in the re-
port fee Coidbatn fields l'iMon of a natice that had been
reosived by them from the Sezretaty of the City Railway
Terminus Omaysoy, that they should require the site of
the palms for the pimpless of the saiestsking. This sub-
ject, however, bad bees referred to the county solicitor.
After some realise boom= had been dispoond of, the
court 'Ojos:set.

DILIADFCL SUICIDE AND Arnim AT MURDER.
—A most painful state of excitement has been produced in
Canterbury in consequence of • man named George
Woreley, • millwright by trade, having made en attempt
upon the life of his wife, and then committed saleide by
cutting his throat 1114nlij from tar to MU It appears from
what we hays been able to leers that the deceased has
evinced a slight aberration of mind for some days pest, bat
that be retired to rest with hi, wife on Sunday events, sp.
weedy mash better than he had been. Nothing parti-
cular oseurred until shortly after five o'clock on Meader
moraiag, when the wife of the unfortunate man was awoke
by his attempting to eat her throat with • now; she imme-
diately cried out, "Oh, dear George, what are you doing!"
sad, rushing out of the }Joni, ran to the home of a neigh-
bour of the name of Nott, the blood at the same time
evaluates profusely Mona the extessive gash made in her
neck. Assistance was soon procuri d, when, 'pen proceed-
ing to the bedroom, • dreadful scene presented itself; the
man was lying a eaves, anrrouoded by his own blood,
having nearly severed hit Lead from his body.
Pus AT MANCHESTEIL-00 Monday night, about
• quartet before eleven o'clock, • fire broke out In the shop
of Mr Treble, draper and hosier, Deanegate, Manchester,
'Lich spread with sash pad rapidity that lr. Treble, his
wife, S .tens, and servants, who were in underground apart.
meats at the time, had barely opportunity to escape, when
Apprised of their danger. The fire was first discovered by
people in the siren. Mr. Roc!, superintendent of the fire
briode of the borough, was soon on the spot, and eztin-
gui•hed the flames. nic was insured in the Phoenix
Office, and after allowing about .SGOI. salvage the insurance
will erobably mover the fuse. The building, vested in the
trustees of the late Mr. Thomas Barrow, is insured in the
Manchester OMee for 1,20 W , but only sustained damage to
the amount of about forh.—the third story and some por-
tion of the heck prerni,es recaoing little damage. The
cause of the lire, which broke nit in the slop, lies not beta
ascertained, but it is suppustd the sae fittings were in fault,
and that • fire had been smouldering from the time the
gip bed closed. Mr. Treble saved his eash-box, sad the
Armes saved his beaks, whit* were la • wooden closet in
Or air.