The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-24 00:00:00

TES STRANGE CASE OF CHILD MURDER AT

LIZD&

At the Leeds Town-ball, on Saturday, a young
woman named Selina Rollin" domestic Bement, was charged
Irma oceseeelina the birth of her Went child. The Opener,
who has been previously coavicted of a similar offer**,
was on Friday, the 21st instant, committed for trial as
the maims, under the comer's warrant!, for the wilful
murder al bee infant. She bed been living in the service
of the Rev. Jabes Tonnieliffe, who is the officiating minis-
ter at the Barmantofte Osmete'y, Leeds, but left sod.
desly on Saadi, eight week, and west to reside with a
Mrs. Waite, of Impuir.street, Barmantofts, who is the
married daughter of Mr. Tunaialiffe, Ws, Waite did not
at the time:petWeire that the girl was in the hay
way, but Hollings began to be ill shortly after
her arrival, and on the Tuesday night followmg
told Mrs. Waite that she was 'Detente, and that Mr. W. H.
Tunnicliffe (Mar, Waite' brother) wee the father Of the
infest which she was expecting. Hollings also further
stated that she anticipated being °conned the same sight,
and on Mrs. Waite asking her how she would mansge, the
primmer replied, " PL I have =sassed Were."
Mrs. Waite then went to but got up during the
night and returned to the • hen, where she found
the prisoner. Immediately upm her entering, Hollings
said, 'I am glad it is over. Next (Wednesday) moraine.
W. H. Tuonicliffe went to the house, ascertained that
Selina bad brim delivered, that the child was dead, and he
thereupon persuaded his sister (Mrs. Waite) to take it up
to the cemetery, where he ;placed the body in • box out
of the toollsouse, and interred it, with the salill4lloo at •
gravadimer named Joy. It was from the latter "splitting"
about the transaction that the whole hots came out, and
the body was subsequently disinterred, and submitted to
Mr. Sam Smith, surgeon, who came to the COD-
clubs, from his post modern eternisation, that the child
had bees born alive, but had sot had • vigorous existeme,
tie breathing not having been full. Hereupon the girl Hol-
lings was taken into custody, and committed for trial by
the coroner for wilful murder, on the ground that no
preparation of clothes or linen bed bean made ; that the
prisoner bad declined the assistance of another female
and • medial man • and inferentially that she had
coneequeetly Intended to, and had made away with
the tile of the infant. Before the magistrates on Satur-
day, only sufficient seldom* was taken to justify •
remand of Salina Hollings, but the court was so satisfied
the concealment was premeditated that warrants.
were issued for the apprehension of W. H. Tonnicliffe ai
Mrs. Waite, on the ground that they had been alders Ili d
abetters in the concealment. During Saturday ermine it.
brother and sister were both apprebroded, sod bail woe
offered on behalf of Mrs. Witte ; the mayor declined to
admit her to it. The aims, which has caused considerable
sensation in the town, will come before the magistrates
again tbia IDOnlift, but only with the object of giving a
farther reemodef the ramed.

FESTIVAL OF TUE TEAM Cannes.--GLOUCESTIA,
SATIIIiDAT.—The preliminary ansegerneets for the Dint
triennial festival of the three choirs of Worcester, Hereford,
and Gloucester, have just been made. The festival will he
held this year at Gloucester, and the sth, Oda, 7th, mad Bth
of September have been fixed for bolding this meeting,
which has sow stood the test of over a century and squealer,
and Las of late years isaroural Sinuously is popularity.
Dr. Weals', the recentlyolected organist of Gloucester
cathedral, has been nsubnously chose, by the stewards em
conductor of the festival, and ha proasede at once to arrange
the programme and make the necesury engagements of
artistes.
THAMES Alumnus Pararaveriow SOCIETY. —On
Saterday the committee of the Thames Angling Pruden-
tiou Society inspected the new water courses and breeding
pond lately made by the Thames Conservancy Board at
13unbury, for the purpose of enabling the society to proceed
with the hatching sod reariag of the ealocanda, on the
principles in operation at Mr. S. Pooder's breeding &ope-
retta at Hampton. There were also about 3,000 fish turned
in from Mr. Pooder's place, and shoat 1,000 which bad hem
hatched by lir. Freak Buckland, and both those gentle-
men gave some very intereating details of the promotes
used, and the practical good likely to result from the ex-
periments that are is course of operation. Upwards of
190,000 fish have already been turned into the river by the
society, but it is hoped that in the new water courses which
were visited on Saturday the young fry will bays ea oppor-
tunity of growing and becoming more able to take care of
themselves ere they art seat forth Into the great stream, to
furnish, es the society anticipate, "Thames salmon" as of
old. The fish ladders at Hampton-weir were also Mout:dee,
sod their uses and advantages practically explained by Mr.
Frank Bucklatd, and a very abundant luncheon roar
tamely provided by Mr. W. H. Whitbread, the president
of the society, formed an agreeable feature of the day's
pleasure.
SEKIOVA CAM OF MIRTAK ET IDENTITY. —Mr.
William Woodward, machiasoenter, of Farnsfield, Notts,
wu brought before the local beech of magistrates at
Newark, on Thursday last, charged with stealing a double-
barrelled ass and a 'umber of other articles, the property
of Mr. Kippioull, the landlord of the Sum and Salmon,
Newark. From the evidence adduced it appeared that some
one (mistaken for Woodward) entered the Swan end Salmon
lon, salting if be could be aeeoesmodated with a tied. Be
fore Le retired to net he asked the servant to call
him at ball-peat 5 in the morning, and upon going to
his room at that time it was discovered that he had left
the house, taking with him the gas and a number of other
articles. A letter was found in the room which the thief
had left to throw the officers ci justice off the scent, ad-
dressed to Mr. Pastime:lo,ot thruway* Park. The police neat
immediately to that ptaoe, and bearing that a Mr. Wood-
ward formerly attended au of Mr. Pukiuson's thrashing
marble's, but bad sow one of his own, they went to Fans.
field and there apprebeeded that person without a warrant,
and he was driven to Newark sod lodged in the lock-up,
where he remained for several days. More than a dozen
witnesses swore that Woodward we. in his own nerghbour-
hood from 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon (the day on which
he was stated to have entered the ins) till between 8 and
9 o'clock on Trade . the morning of the robbery. The
magistrates • Mr. Woodward.
A WINDFALL FOR THE MACKENZIE% —SOME time
time ago an advertisement appeared in our columns, ad-
dressed to the surviving relatives of the late Clio
Mackenzie, who died at flasiti•go de Chile, a native of the
parish of Contra, in Etoesebire,and offering to sub • kindly
donation from their departed kinsman. Application wee
directed to be made to Mr. Andrew Smith, solicitor, Ding-
wall, and we seed hardly say that the deceased gentleman
was found to have a great boot of poor relatives, scattered
through the musty of Rua Their claims were folly hoer
tirmted, sod on Tuesday end Wolassday Mr. Smith dis-
tributed the bequests at the Mutual Motel. The event
mated a great roar is Norwalk for the somber of persons
entitled to participate in the feed, sad the meant given
to sash M proportion to the 11.1111 MM• of propinquity, ex-
ceeded all expectatios.—inceriress Courier.
Tim Burrs: or Corros mos Astraice.—Mr.
Bright, M.P., publishes • lager ressived by him from Bar
toe on the qasOies of the supply ci cotton from America,
is which the writer says
_that, while then is no positive
information to be eblird, the genteel conclusion is that
two sad a half to three Lan bales will be fouled stored
is the &ethers States.

JOHN BROGDILN.

ORIGINAL GOLD GRAIN MANUFACTORY,
10.11.11311I1TA3TRAZT. 00VINT-GAZDAN.

JOHN BROGDENS GOLD CHAINS.

JOHN BROGDENS GOLD GUARD GRAINS.