The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

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TEE TRIPLE MORDIi; AT ErEFIELD.—On Saturday,
the two men, M'Kabe and Reid, now in custody, were mu
mined at Dewsbury, charge.d with the murder of Mr. Wraith,
his wife, and servant. Some of the former evidence having
been re-heard, H. J. Watkinson sworn Is a surgeon at
Mirfield. Oa Wednesday, the 12th lost., went to the house
cf the late Mr. Wraith, about ten minutes past two. Saw
the body of a female laid on the back on the floor. The
skull was broken, and a portion of the brain was Nattered
on the wall and on the floor. There was also much blood
goat where she lay. The body was that of Caroline Ellis,
mks. I knew very well. Blood was sprinkled on the wall
NOM to where she lay, for about a yard and • quarter
kinh. In the passage saw the body of an elderly temale,
ate dead, Near the head there was a deal of blood.
Is the parlour saw the dead body of James Wraith. There
wee a quantity of blood about the head. All the
bodies were warm—and life bad been extinct but a short
time ; from half en hour to three quarters. The
witness then stated that he afterwards made • more minute
examination of the bodies, and found the shall of each frac-
tured, and the throat of each cut. The bruises on the heads
had evidently been inflicted by a blunt instrument ; and the
throats cat with a sharp instrument. In the case of Mr.
Wraith it appeared as if the attempt to cut the throat had
been made with an instrument not very sharp, but finished
afterwards with • sharp one. In his opinion sack case of ;
death had been produced by the blows on the bee end head.
The throats had been cut after the bodies woe deed, ar ve
nearly so ; for the blood had not flowed in atea
the severed arteries. None of the these esuid
possibility have committed suicide, fan the mi-
ner and cause from which death bad in each owe occurred.
The bodies were stripped in the place where they were first
found ; and when that of Caroline Ellis was stripped, it was
found that one of her garters was missing: The other garter
was taken off by one Betty Sheard, and given to me. I have
bad it in my possession ever since, and now produce it. Know
the house where the prisoner M'Kabe lives. Went there in
the afternoon of Saturday the lath, along with constables
Whittaker and Leadbeater ; assisted to make a search; was
shown a box by prisoner's wife, who said it was their box.
Found in the box a pair of stocking feet, and part of a garter.
The garter I took possession of, and tare had it ever since;
I now produce it. In my opinion it corresponds with the
garter that was taken from the body of the deceased,
Caroline Ellis; it is of the same description of fabric, and
the wear of each appears to be about the same.
Several witnesses proved that prisoners, M'Kabe and Reid,
were in the neighbourhood on the day of the murder. They
were selling earthenware, and nothing unusual was noticed
in their appearance. They were not in company, but both
went down • lane leading to the house of the murdered
family.—John Barker Lives at Lee Green, about a
quarter of a mile from Mr. Wraith's. On Wednesday
week had two " warps out " in a field adjoining Mr.
Wraith's field. I was in this field at different times
from nine o'clock till twelve. At the latter hour, I looked
up into " Matheralleld hoyle," and saw it threatened for
rain, and wusfraid it would catch me. I therefore took the
warps in;• and while engaged with the last, I heard
a kind of a shout, or a " shrike." I thought
at the time it was front Mr. Albrecht's scholars, in a school
in the neighbourhood.—Mr. Watkinson was here recalled,
to produce the two garters before deposed to. They were
submitted to the examination of two gentlemen to court ;
and the following evidence was the result :—Joshua Ellis, of
the firm of 'James Ellis and Son, Botley Carr : Have ex-
amined the one garter, and the part of another garter, now
produced, and am of opinion that they are neitberof the same
material nor the same make. They arc neither of the same
wool nor the same spinning. In this opqiion I am confirmed
by Mr. Mathew Hale, merchant and manufacturer of Dews-
' bury. A conference now took place on the bench, which
the prisoner M'Kebe interrupted, by asking: " Clentlemeo,
would you allow me to speak a word or two ? "—Mr.
Ingham, the chairman : " No, don't ; I would recommend
you not."—Prisoner " Very well." The magistrates re-
tired for a time ; and while they were absent, the prisoners
had a little refreshment in the dock. kl'Kabe divided his
with his fellow-prisoner, and also with the constable. On
the magistrates' return, the chairman, addressing the pri-
soners, seid, " Muheel M'Kabe, and Patrick Reid, you will
be remanded fur • week, when the examination will be
continued."

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bus he eentestei et the awn ehntlea, though it was, et OM
thee, 6inght the libends wall walk over the course. The
Weems of Lord Brerkley hes name upon the electors by can
So intimation of Ids beibilip's intention having pre-
bees se meek as whispered ; and, indeed, le is
unkewene posseaslly, mil entirely so pink*.
Poinbably, till a ewe* of yeses ape (wham. ea Ids wising of
eget Levi Illsenses pave a peal _Mb he the ionnity et
Weeeley) bet flow el tie glisters had Weill of Ids Weber.
It will be recollected that, sigeranie of a year aims rapid-
non was signed by a large suyority of the einetboseney,
calling apes the Hes. C. P. Vanes sad Mr. Bann. That
:tequila= hes emir Wes gesuatei up to this time : the
member Of the Reims Amelia= mat ea Fs iday, however,
at ktenehester, and appolabd a ileputellen to uuasddsehiso the
duty, eat My. Villiers will be waited upon without Wier
delay. It is thought, brierweer, fad generally erkevased,
that he welast leave lie I eimMitaisna at Well,
end casibm geollseran is the Meal intereet, it
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sapped. I bond this belief us thogsweralenswevier GAY& 1111COMIII
with teepee' to Ireland, both for the agendas oldie eldrarlee of pre-
treat eesretty, and for laying the foundstlea et *radar essid improves
nand In that country. I hang sitneeeek with syntratbmwd swots-
ti at, the steps which her Majesty's advisers hate takenft extend the
blashigs_ofelwation, and I btoe to see tly.xe bleedings freelftip=
within the leierat illelatitel oilier Mejertyllsedgetter _.
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general views, with no indweemens but o dole . Int pas envie, gad
Neter the country, with no pretension bat thatsossoloattot
to which those adverted at the outset of this as I so to
incur thaw nonputatious of rashness sad prawn walls* I
hare no guarantee bat year Ineulyencs, net afs isanstrietitit
motives; and I scv:ettully place myself et your dbusett Alloitoe
to scare you that, if I should be fortintote comet to wore Your
suffro,..,- to endr..vour a!mli be ir..,ttlair on my part to Make ea la
teal and 'assiduity for my thficiencies in wand experience : and that
It will bo my study to prove myteli gruteful foe the honour hare
done me, end the aonLiente you have 11:J-train rue, by. untyirou ing %le-
ronon to your Int.:rests son wisho.—l hare, the., Basratat.—
Ibunilton.place, May 21, 1047.
CI:1E31111tE.
Tilt; LIBERAL INTF.B.LoT AT S-fOCAPOILT is likely to he
disturbed, it is reported, from two causes : the one grains
out of a probable call upon Mr. Co's den from the constituency
of South Lincashire, and the other from the retirement of
Mr. Marsland. It is said that Mr. Marsland's chance of
success is not so good, in the event of another election, at this
juncture, as on past ow-anions, and that he rinternplates re-
tiring. This report had gained currency before it was known
that Mr. Cobden was likely 0 be rated upon by South Lan-
cashire ; and, iu anticipation of ir, Mr. Ja . es Heald, of
Parr's \Vood, a Stockport manufacturer, has issued an ad-
dress to the electors. Mr. Heald has to, en distinguished its
past limey as a staunch tory and a monopolist; Du: he .has
peat influent,' amongst the methodists of taint borough; and
it is expected that, to some extent. he will have their sup-
port, irrespective of political considerations. He has issued
the following address to the electors:
Gantlemen„—A general election appears to he at kand,—and Me-
llug heel, urgently aolicitttl by a large anti influential puetiou of the
comtitueney to oiler myself to one of your tepreeestatives at the
next election,—and so it appears, by the announcement of this day,
that It is not the intention of Mr. Myriland Basin to offer hinuolf, I
tome :orwaril, without. a moment's delay, in compliance with your
alto and in a hew days will elain to you the priomples bi which my
public ea dart will be guidol.—l have, Ice ,JAM La Ilastu, Parr •
Wood, May 21,1841.
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NORTH NORTNUKHEILLAND.—The Nemesia& Chronicle
states that the friends of Sir George Grey have now nearly
completed their canvass of the division, and we are gratified
to state that their labours have been attended wrh'the
utmost success. So numerous, indeed, are the craurancse of
support they have received, there is little doubt but that Sir
George will decide on coming forward, and that he will be
triumphantly returned in spite of all the power and influence
that may be exerted alia'nst him.
WARWIChSTIME.
STATE OF THE COUNTUT.—Tho 1.131T0T of Birmingham
has convened a town's meeting fur We deerdery next, • for
the purpose of taking into con,oderation the present lament-
able condition of thy country." The currency question
will, in all probability, be again the subject of discussion.
DERITYSIEIRY.
As Et.rcrioN roe DERBY is likely to takt place before
the general election, owing to the death of the Burl of Box-
borough, and the consegnent elevation of Lord Duncaanon
to the House of Peers. The Hon. Frederic Leveson Glower
has offered himself as a candidate in the liberal intermit, cad
has jest issued the magoined address to the electors
Geenksa, a. —A vision hung been
_occasioned In the representation
id the borough of Derby, by the ismensd death of the tail Of 'lies.
basegh, sad the remised of toed Derimme to the Home of Peers,
lam mwoureged by the eery Wad alms ef support which I bare
reeened billeandel per** to declare myself a am-
ain loth et repreamdmy yes pirliarneat
I an geremeled that yea weal net dale that I or any
Shur emanate eboold seek yes know by ding specific
plenps, ew propose to ember a Esibeenthe epeemtily de-
pined et the power of &linnets% mid Bid pie rah be much
hetes sibled by a freak and eisse ilidereenniegeoNedetost upon
them softens ef wed Wean saki seem to has en-
snentlem. Ism dricemble le s Merl= of the
Wltsrlikillabbst, Orb milaisimmt dvAirl Wok devil keep pace
lbehermeg deed= id_ tbsple, sat Uric sametsest
MINN le sands the trelidthe thelemedry aid for
theerhes. 1 demid anniet the vele by WMt beam% although
riot feeling else if ethersay, Ewen he ma tbet the eight tb vote
should be memomint by lbssemeans dyeetnagien ilia seen most
likely to end& the men le tondo ble Ada and with-
out Mtge! sinsmum ws. llhe spedment of thwdura-
ties% le yethrensale perm% amid velar their
duration it ars lo tee Ml= thee three yeas' but
this question has not been yeg aggiciently Temb(i to
have railed for that careful ersailtradssi wide% asa_M-
pared to give to It, and width alms eon justify a Mild
1 ama friend to civil and rendes Inesty, and beg to mks illWr"311.
kern principles and sadist if belly, from whisk I Wapitis
will believe teat I shall not be Bs erg to &pert- By relnialle y
I mean that no man ought he sear in Ws reputation. dem% pro-
perty co 11030.12 t of the eddies 5011111•1 midi he menthedowely
holds. Believing that the pi elder if thee Oda keen sated the
most sanguine expectations et be esgpstenk 1 em =e11.61717
those principles to O* MIS mild. tf ma de the
honour to elect me es tine of segreembillees, to
wore you that my Ia emblerMon dell be plum le onsitions
of pub
policy, and that year lord haterella Sall always scene my
uunest attention and seppost.-1 have, de., Inalusaic Leitrim,
Gown .—Derby, May 22.
There is no prospect of any opposition at present. The
country gentlemen round Derby ascounteaance a contest,
but the borough toriet would very much like to find a can.
didate willing to dispute the election of a liberal. The
ultra-dissenters talk of withholding that votes, and they
have even gone so far as to endeavour to obtain a candidate
for the hustings, but have not succeeded. The anti-state
church party numbers about 80 votes.
BERKSHIRE.

.....
REPUESENTATION or REaDINO. The Berkshire
Chronicle states that, despite rumour. to the contraty, the
sitting member, Lord Chilies, intends going to tko poll at
the coming election.
WARWICKeiITRE.

ADAPTATION OP Gurs-COTTON 10 THE PURPOSES OP
Bturrixo.—During the put weekvariou experiments hare
been made along the line of the works of the Stour Valley
Railway, now in wane of construction In Birminghans,
with the view of testing the efficacy of gun-cotton for blast-
ing. The experiments were made under the direction of an
agent ef Mews. Hall and Co., of London, to whorls the
right of using Profaner Schonbein's patent in England has
been conceded. The spot where the fleet experiment took
place was in a heading forty feet from the surface, the rock
consisting of compacted Land, somewhat difficult of azure-
tion ; but from its peculiar character not favourable to the
action of the cotton. With the view to ascertain the com-
parative powers of the cotton and the powder, shot-holes
were formed in opposite headings, as nearly u possible alike
in their depth and situation. Into one of these apertures a
charge of gunpowder, weighing 50 ounces, was placed, and
in the other 8 ounces of cotton; the arrangements having
been completed, the cotton was fired, and a sharp report,
accompanied by no perceptible vibration, and no smoke
(excepting that train the fuel which had been introduced at
the end of the cotton, whi•zb was enclosed in a pasteboard
case) followed. The powder, of course, canoed the usual
noise, smoke, and vib: titian ; here the powder dis-
lodged the greater quantity of sand. A second and
third experiment were made at an open tutting in
another part of the works, and the results were
MOTE satisfactorily and ruceesifully tested. Here, however,
the soil was not so compnet. Into holes 5 feet 6 intim deep,
charges of 50 ox. of powder to 10 on. of cotton were placed.
In the case of the cotton, the rock wart heaved at once from
its bed almost in one compact pass, whilst the powder
seemed to shake ani disarrange the soil so far as its action
extended. So far the experiments were considered to be in
favour of the powder in its application to this description of
blasting, inasmuch as although the cotton upheaved an im-
mense mess, it was net broken up into the conveniently res
movable portions like those dislodged by the powder. In the
third experiment, also in the open tutting, charges of 62 os.
of gunpowder and 15 oz. of cotton were used, being a trifle
more than a proportion of four to one. Here the advantages
were much in favour of the cotton. The fourth experiment
was tried in a tunnel with charges of 62i oz. of powder to
13 or. ef cotton, the latter being placed in the hole loose ;
the result was in favour of the powder, which was placed a
greater depth in the hole than the cotton. The contractors
of the Stour Valley lice have resolved on blasting a sunders
able portion of their town tunnelling with cotton, in order
to thoroughly test the amount of its utility.
CENTRAL MILITARY DEPOT AT HANDSWORTII, NEAP
litemirromist.—lt appears that government have, for the
present, abandoned the idea of erecting the greet central
barracks at Handsworth, as the land purchased with that
intention has been let to yearly tenants.
HAMPBIIIBZ.

Breen FROM SOUTH•IIPTON TO New YOSIL—The
Washington, the first American ocean steamer, will lean
New Yurk on the 14 June next, for Cowes, Southampton,
and Bremen. She will touch at Cowes and Southampton,
to land paatengers and freight, and deliver the mails for
Ragland, France, and Belgium, and will then proceed to
Bremerhaven. The Washington is built in the strongest
manner, with a view to being converted into a abip of was,
and subject at any time to inspection by officers appointed by
the l'resident, both during and after construction. Sbe hr
two entities of 1,000-horse power each, and soccaunedatiens
for 140 first clam, and 44 second elms peeseniera. ahe tern
carry about 300 tons freight.
BUCIEIWOHAMBIIII2,

A VACANCY C. J. Rand Non has
written from Florence to say that he doss not intend to offer
himself again at the nest s.
CAMBRIDOESIErUta.
CAYBILIDOI COUNTY ELICTION.—A requisition from the
freeholders having been presented to Lord John Manners,
with which his lordship has complied, settles, we believe, the
stair for the county as quietly and as snugly u my Lord
Hardaicke and the Duke of Rutland could wish. The
blare members will, therefore, no doubt, be Mr. Eliot
Yorke, Mr. Allis, and, instead of the present member, Mr.
Raton, who is labouring under a most distressing malady
Lord John Manners; being the first return of a member,
or nominee, of the Rutland family to this town or county
since the passing of the Reform Act, previous to which time
the noble duke's influence was paramount. There can be
no doubt that the overpowering influence of the county, at
the ensuing election, would have been in favour of our
kisser respected representative, Mr. Townley, if be would
have consented to come forward.—Cambridge Independent
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