The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-04 00:00:00

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INQUEBT.—(THIS DAY.)
This Morning an inquiry was held by Mr. Payne,
the (My coroost, respedieg the death by he through cal.
aline of Jane Louisa Antrobus. aged 17 years.
Mn. A. M. Hulas', 6, Bwesteppple equere, aboreditch,
raid that dammed and her mother lodged is wityree's house.
UP Wednesday earns', at 7 o'clock, rieseened wee is
sea's room, and while cremate the fire.plaos to oak to
witness her crioolime cenght fins st Ste pate. She
@yearned loudly, and wham ran to put out the Mines.
She became quite visiat and broke away, and rushed out of
the room into the street. Her shrieks wen IPO dreadful
that • crowd gathered ; but am she was in a name of Sam.,
and kept wheeling roved, they were usable to give bet any
sesistana. Ultimately she fell in the roadway eithaeL
A rug was then thrown ever her, end • neighbour brought
flour and water. which were also thrown over he.
Sarah Antrobus. mother of the dreeseerl, said that the
ileeeased bad bean a domestic servant, bat her last employ.
meet was malusa Inworks. Witness saw her In the street
in flames. She UM whirling round until all her things
were beret off her.
A juror aid that the practice of wearing crinoline, wt.
withstandise all the calamities it had clanged, was da
graceful.
The Ooroser(to the wilners)—Did your deeeldet evened
in the sowspopers the amount. of the Dualism of women
who have bees burnt thank eriectioe ?
Witness—Yee, sir, elm seed to reed them /Ass.
Cormier—Ha they any effect upon he!
Witness—They had an effect epee her. She seamed to
think of them, bat sh still wore her
doli After she
was burnt eke said " It is say own fa Bhe eoestaarly
spoke to me about all the women that were beret to death.
The Carceer said that they amid sot pawned* masa to
leave off crinoline.
A Neer said that ease of the men amid not be persuaded
as to the eseasity for its. being left off.
Mr. Psalms, surpon, said that deosseed was terribly
burst over the whole body. Her ease was hopeless from
the first, but she lingered till yeas/Way (Tuesday) morning,
' whim she died be
ar injuries.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death by
Are."

THE EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY AT
811BEWSBORY.

The following letter refers to the extzsordinary
robbery of Yr. Charles Anhwei at Shrewabwey, led week.
of which we gave an scoot is our tinprorlos cA Yearley.
We may etre that Yr. C. Ashworth b the eat of Yr. Ed-
mund dearer* and sold the President of the Blanchester
Chamber of Commerce, r stated os Yosday :
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"TO TM ICDTTOI OP TIM KANCIUSTICS GUARDIA".
" eir,—Having meently bed the mist °Anse to he the
victim of • most audacious fraud, and as the affair has be.
emus somewhat Doterisms, I take the earliest opportanity of
Ovine you the facia of the case.
On Tuestlagroleatert 27th, au my way to pay • vial to
a relative he I had 000ssien to speed the night
at the Raven 441, in filuewsbury. At 10 o'clock
en the following morning I was armed by a man
man( himself Jobe Mcepa, • oonrabie from
Carmarthea. He produced • warrant, and took me into
enetedy on the cheap of steeling a watch end chain
from the above tows, and selling them for the sum of
151. I pre him my name and address, stated where I
was getsg and where I bad awes from, produced letters
and papers to show my identity, aad, of mune, times-
slatted in no memered terms ; but all was of so sue,
The man having obtained the assistance of • borough
constable, I wee obliged to give up all the propiety I bed
in my pocket., worsting of a gold watch, chain, geld
rag, puree, oontsinisg nearly 91., end wary other
things. The articles were taken posesseloo of by the
supposed detective, and I wee taken before the aegis-
trams, who, after hearing the evidence &plait me and
without asking me • single question. came to the mock.
&ion that I was guilty, and one of their number informed
ma, in a pompous sod most off saliva manner, that I was
remanded till 11 es the following day. I instantly de-
manded either that I should be allowed to telegraph to
my friends, or that the police should do so, or that the
magistrates thsmssivee should take some steps to ascer-
tain the truth of the statemeete I bad previously made
to the wadable. These Bolognese, however, imagised
that mischief might be dose by allowing such a privi-
lege, sad, without being permitted to say soother word.
I was marched out for the purpose of being locked up in a
felon's cell. This would undoubtedly have bees iny fate but
far the luckiest chance in the world. A reverend radioman
of my acquaintance happening to be is the town, and hear-
ing of my misfortune, at one luetened to my amistarice, and
so exerted himself amoog the gentlemen who had just com-
mitted mew gaol that in &few minutes they were with me at
the police-Aim, offering their best wishes, condolences, and
apologies for having placed me in such • position. They did
Dot, however (in the abrade of their clerk), feel them-
selves justified in setting me at liberty, though my
reverend frigid offered bell to any mount, nor even
did they think fit to take any steps to nemesia from the
Carmarthen police whether the alleged robbery was fact or
fiction. I wee kept in custody till the expiration of
the remand, and than repined my liberty,, se no prose-
cutor accessed. It has since bests isowtereed that the
whole affair is • swindle, ad a =Tillery to the Ommarthen
police. No such man as John Marren is In their force, and
no such robbery as the Cell alleged has cams to their know.
ledge. The so-called detective wee allowed, in spite of
my
remonstration, to walk away with ell the things b. had
Wren from me, sad has sot rse hem sects OT beard of.
" My object in troubling you at this length is, first, that
the travelling public may be pat as their guard spinet simi-
lar impoeitioos, and, secondly, that by making as early ea
possible the real facts I shall be able to prevent the tales
reports which would otherwise to • rartainty have got
abroad.—l am, is "Queue ABIIWORTH.
"Eifel= Hall, near Bolton."

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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