The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

MURDER IN STAFIORDSHIRE. I --ui?
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The county of Stafford has again been the scene of
*festal and refacing tragedy, the horror of which le how- *
over, very each mitiga•ed by the conviction thatthe peeps WI
user of it wes the setj ct of sesta aberration at the time
of the commlesios of tho terrible sot. Alston&lJ, fig
when the lrightfel ocoarreece be. taken plsoe, is as
le
ostensive perish is Stet fallible, as the online of Darby- 99
shin, from which latter money it is separated by the river
D AO. The village is pietursarjuly situated on a western pia'
declivity above Donna*, and is tan miles Teem Leek, sad le
sea from Ashbours, is Derbyshire. SO
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A stage at Archford Moor, a reelndsds art of the parish, al
lyiog betwesa Alston,held sad Halms End, was aosupled
by Thomas Beirieford, en old mos, and two relatives of his, 6
eased Ana Edge, aged 76 lees of age, and Betsey Edge, N
66 yean of age—toe lat er, famdierly called " Batty Edge,"
being a aims of the old woman. The two women accepted
on. bed, sad the old man slept is as sjoining bed in the
same tone. Os Wednesday math( last, the sicupanto of at.
the cottage retired to rest in usual, nothing out of the or- tt..
denary course bevies occurred during the day. Oa Thaw
day morning, Betty Edge, seized, it ie supposed, by some
saaccoaatable frenzy, got up about fife o'clock, sad went
down stairs, sod having procured • hatotet, ehe ntoraed
to the bedroom mad dealt her aged sant, who was lying
sleep, I Vows with it es the heed. The
now of the blows awakened the old man, who was lying in
the adjoining bed, sad he instantly aeon and seised the
murderess, as she was is the sot of striking her tidies
another violist blow, but be was too late to save dm old
woman', life. The par old woman, whose beat sad face
ware shockingly ditfigsred, was unconeciotte, bat sot quite
deed. She was attended by Mr. Cridge, surgeon, of Beak
Top, near Sheen, but the died is Ant an hoar.
laformatioo re. the terrible enuresis was immediately
gnus to Pullet-a mutable Critch:ow, sad he forthwith t: ok
Betty Edge into custody. N t settee is ascribed for the
commiesion of the deed. The murderess had bees Ul and
aader =faecal attendance for some time previously, and
trim all that we sin learn time is *wry moon to believe
that at the time of Via oommiseioa of the fatal dead she was
sot is a soul state of misd.
Mr. Flint, coroner, held se Inquest oa the body of the
deceased yen's& y afternoon, at tin Grua Men lay, Al-
sonefield, the result of which bad not niched as at the
time the paper was sent to prom— S °puts/tiro Aiiviritur
of this dig.

We ( Western Time) are glad to hoar that the
hie. member lor !Until Evros is imprtving is health. Mr.
Bach ►as ova. Wed hie 72nd year this day, he having hen
born April 25, 1784.
In a letter received In Edinburgh from Mr. Black,
M.P., the following m minks consr OS the staled of the
Lord•Advoeate'a E tacati a Bills I see the Eiliabergb
papers are finding fault with the smell mediate of Mora
whisk the Advoeate propane teak ; hat If ear Meads law
the lugs and steady phalanx that masters stalest every
improvement, sod who► is sere to mewed is retreating
any eat naive ea', they would not be ►urprised et the strag-
gle we make for a very moderate reform."
The Rev. J. P. Waldo, incumbent of Woburn
Chapal,Tartateck.equare, is a taadidete for the Oaks
Lestemshlp, Lothbery.
6TakitA UNION.—The Board of Guardians of this
autos have sr solmosely sleeted Mr. IL J. P. Jaques,
limited 'Gaselier, to be eha'rmaa of the board, and Kr.
W. H. Walker to be vies-ohairma, for the par manias.