The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-10 00:00:00

SHOCKING MURDER IN PADDINGTON.

Last evening a shocking murder was perpetrated
in Green-street. Paddington, by a man named George
Ringwood, aged 35, a contractor, living at No. 15,
Green-street, Paddington. Last night Ringwood was
the successful competitor for • contract for work
to be done in Mortimer-street, Riumll.equare, after
which be went into • public-house in that neigh-
bourhood, followed by his wife. After drinking there
far a short time they went towards their home, and on
arriving at Green-street the wife insisted upon going
into the Greyhound beershop, and Ringwood went into
his own house and gave their nine children their slip-
per. He then went into the beershop and found his
wife singing in the parlour. This offended him, and angry
words ensued, but they subsequently became good friends.
After sitting in the parlour till near midnight Grace
(the wife) insisted upon singing another song, and
while doing so her husband was talking to a man named
Mackie, who spoke in a loud tone of voice, and this inter-
rupted the singing, whereupon Mrs. Ringwood got into •
t=o42; and used harsh epithets to her husband. Re
so exasperated that he seized a table knife
which lay on an adjoining table, went to his wife, seized
her by the hair of her heed, and stabbed her. The knife
penetrated through the neck and separated the jugular
vein. Dr. Beale, of Portens-roed, was immediately called
in, but found her dead. Inspector Steer, X division, took
the man into custody, and then conveyed the nine children
in two cabs to the Paddington Workhouse. The man
Ringwood has always borne a good character as a sober,
industrious man, but the deceased has for several yeses peat
been addicted to habits of intemperance.

EXAMINATION AT THE MARYLEBONE POLICE-
COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

At the Marylebene Police-court, this afternoon, George
Ringwood, aged 35, of 15, Green-street, Paddington-1
green, paper-hanger, was charged with wilfully murdering
►ie wife, Grace Ringwood, by stabbing her with • knife, in
the bar parlour of the Greyhound beerhouse, Green-street,
Paddington-green.
It appeared that between 9 and 10 last evening the
deceased was in the parlour of thebeer-house, when she was
joined in about half an hour by her husband (the prisoner).
She was not sober,ani commenced singing, to which the
prisoner made no objection, but commenced talking
about a contract he had taken that day for work from
some gentlemen. She told him not to talk about his
private betimes' in a public-house, as she would not
allow it. He still kept talking about his business, and
she called him • " thief," and ordered him to
hold his noise. She then got up, and was going
to strike him, and took a bottle from a shell
and threw at him. She missed him. The prisoner
got up. She was going to strike him, when he said he
would have no more of it, and took a knife, and stabbed
her in the neck. The police and • medical gentleman were
immediately called in, but the wife was dead. The pri-
soner was taken to the st►tion-house.
Prisoner said he threw the knife—not stabbed her.
Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner.

Jean Fr4d4ric Auguste Ponchard, the well-
known and accomplished musician, died in Paris on Satur-
day, in the 77th year of his age. He obtained the first
prize at the Conservatoire in singing and the second in lyric
tragedy and comedy so early as the year 1810. Ponehard
very quickly became a favourite with the public. He dis-
tinguished himself in the operas of La &remade, L'Amant
it le Mari, Le Jeunc Cluck, Mamniello, Joconde, Le Petit
Chaperon Rouge, and La Dame Blanche. Poechard retired
from the theatre in 1834 and devoted himself to teaching.
He was appointed professor at the Conservatoire, and pro-
duced several steeliest pupils. His son, Charles Ponchard,
has been attached to the Open Concique for many year..

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A letter from Badea mentions the death at that
place of Count Blucher, chamberlain to the Queen of
Finials. The count was the nephew of Marshal Blucher,
who took put in the battle of Waterloo.

The Marseilles journals state that the Grand
Theatre of that city was crowded to overflowing ce Saturday
night by persons anxious to hear hidlle. Patti in Lucia. She
was greeted, it appears, with the most enthusiastic applause,
and it the end of the third act wu recalled by the whole
house, and literally covered with flowers. She was to play
again on Monday. l'he sum paid her for each performance
is 5,000(r.

The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh has just been on
another visit to his Suffolk vitae, Eldon Hall, for a shoot-
ing and hawkiog excursion.

T 11 HE —UNTERIAN ORATION. This discourse in
memory of the immortal founder of the collection in the
Royal College of Surgeons will not be delivered on the an-
niversary of the birth of Hunter in February next. The
oration is now delivered biennially, and will consequently
be read in February, 1867, it is believed by Professor lid-
toe, F.R.S., a vice-president of the college.
DARING BURGLARY TN IRELAND. —A daring out-
rage was perpetrated on Monday morning, near Rouedwood,
at the residence of the Rev. Henry Marshall, rector of
eatery. At a little after 12, the reverend gentleman, who
was alone in the house, heard some persons breaking into
his pantry. On arriving at the place he found two burglars
had effected an entrance. He then considered he had
better make his escape and alarm the neighbourhood ; but
no sooner had he opened his hall door for this perms thee
he was seized by a third person and forcibly carried beck to
the house, and • rug tied over his heed. Upon this he
shouted loudly, and the burglars, fearing that he would
be heard, stuffed his month with a piece of blanket,
torn up for the purpose, and carried him upstairs, where
they tied him to • bed. After that be heard them march-
log the house. Struggling for some time, he freed himself,
sad thee, hearing them in his library, he leaped out of •
window. Upon this the robbers pursued him, but he laid
down in a ditch and escaped. As soon as they were gone
he made his escape to the bowie of • aeighboaring farmer
named Mayston, and alarmed the inmates. Mr. Marston
obtained help and went to Mr. Marshall's house, bat found
the robbers had decamped, sad taken about 181. or 191. in
ready cash, some cheques, and several pairs of trousers,
shoni,and other clothing leaving their own old once hates&
They likewiae despoillid,the house of • quantity of miscall-
!anemia property. The robbers were in no way diagnosed,
so that it is imagined they were stranger,.
THE FAMILIES OF THE FRNIAN CONVICTS.MFE.
&spines, wife of the escaped head centre, had given •
lumber of articles of ladies' ereameetal attire to be raffled
for. in aid of the wives and families of the Fenian convict;
end the sale of the tickets for the "drawhog" thregglicen
all parte of the country hes attracted some attention. It is
that the farther circulation of these lottery tickets
;IT:dare in themselves illegal, irrespective of say polifind
signtedificance they may be supposed to pongee) willbe pre-
ren.